From c39a6b16eb1905f75ad492b05919c75c4d79d2dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Gohman <gohman@apple.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:15:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add a comment explaining why llvm_unreachable_internal
 doesn't call the ErrorHandler callback.

llvm-svn: 79541
---
 lib/Support/ErrorHandling.cpp | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/Support/ErrorHandling.cpp b/lib/Support/ErrorHandling.cpp
index 3467fe702b6..dff4f030fef 100644
--- a/lib/Support/ErrorHandling.cpp
+++ b/lib/Support/ErrorHandling.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ void llvm_report_error(const Twine &reason) {
 
 void llvm_unreachable_internal(const char *msg, const char *file, 
                                unsigned line) {
+  // This code intentionally doesn't call the ErrorHandler callback, because
+  // llvm_unreachable is intended to be used to indicate "impossible"
+  // situations, and not legitimate runtime errors.
   if (msg)
     errs() << msg << "\n";
   errs() << "UNREACHABLE executed";