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+/*===-- llvm-c/Initialization.h - Initialization C Interface ------*- C -*-===*\
+|*                                                                            *|
+|*                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure                       *|
+|*                                                                            *|
+|* This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source      *|
+|* License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.                                      *|
+|*                                                                            *|
+|*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*|
+|*                                                                            *|
+|* This header declares the C interface to LLVM initialization routines,      *|
+|* which must be called before you can use the functionality provided by      *|
+|* the corresponding LLVM library.                                            *|
+|*                                                                            *|
+\*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*/
+
+#ifndef LLVM_C_INITIALIZEPASSES_H
+#define LLVM_C_INITIALIZEPASSES_H
+
+#include "llvm-c/Core.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+void LLVMInitializeTransformUtils(LLVMPassRegistryRef R);
+void LLVMInitializeScalarOpts(LLVMPassRegistryRef R);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif