Add PathGasMeter.estimateMax helper

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/libevmasm/PathGasMeter.h b/libevmasm/PathGasMeter.h
index 9537b176..fb821684 100644
--- a/libevmasm/PathGasMeter.h
+++ b/libevmasm/PathGasMeter.h
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ public:
 
 	GasMeter::GasConsumption estimateMax(size_t _startIndex, std::shared_ptr<KnownState> const& _state);
 
+	static GasMeter::GasConsumption estimateMax(
+		AssemblyItems const& _items,
+		solidity::EVMVersion _evmVersion,
+		size_t _startIndex,
+		std::shared_ptr<KnownState> const& _state
+	)
+	{
+		return PathGasMeter(_items, _evmVersion).estimateMax(_startIndex, _state);
+	}
+
 private:
 	/// Adds a new path item to the queue, but only if we do not already have
 	/// a higher gas usage at that point.
diff --git a/libsolidity/interface/GasEstimator.cpp b/libsolidity/interface/GasEstimator.cpp
index a532f86e..e70e23a2 100644
--- a/libsolidity/interface/GasEstimator.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/interface/GasEstimator.cpp
@@ -160,8 +160,7 @@ GasEstimator::GasConsumption GasEstimator::functionalEstimation(
 		);
 	}
 
-	PathGasMeter meter(_items, m_evmVersion);
-	return meter.estimateMax(0, state);
+	return PathGasMeter::estimateMax(_items, m_evmVersion, 0, state);
 }
 
 GasEstimator::GasConsumption GasEstimator::functionalEstimation(
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ GasEstimator::GasConsumption GasEstimator::functionalEstimation(
 	if (parametersSize > 0)
 		state->feedItem(swapInstruction(parametersSize));
 
-	return PathGasMeter(_items, m_evmVersion).estimateMax(_offset, state);
+	return PathGasMeter::estimateMax(_items, m_evmVersion, _offset, state);
 }
 
 set<ASTNode const*> GasEstimator::finestNodesAtLocation(