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Learn LLVM 12

You're reading from   Learn LLVM 12 A beginner's guide to learning LLVM compiler tools and core libraries with C++

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839213502
Length 392 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1 – The Basics of Compiler Construction with LLVM
2. Chapter 1: Installing LLVM FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Touring the LLVM Source 4. Chapter 3: The Structure of a Compiler 5. Section 2 – From Source to Machine Code Generation
6. Chapter 4: Turning the Source File into an Abstract Syntax Tree 7. Chapter 5: Basics of IR Code Generation 8. Chapter 6: IR Generation for High-Level Language Constructs 9. Chapter 7: Advanced IR Generation 10. Chapter 8: Optimizing IR 11. Section 3 –Taking LLVM to the Next Level
12. Chapter 9: Instruction Selection 13. Chapter 10: JIT Compilation 14. Chapter 11: Debugging Using LLVM Tools 15. Chapter 12: Create Your Own Backend 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating your own project using LLVM libraries

Based on the information in the previous section, you can now create your own project using LLVM libraries. The following sections introduce a small language called Tiny. The project will be called tinylang. Here the structure for such a project is defined. Even though the tool in this section is only a Hello, world application, its structure has all the parts required for a real-world compiler.

Creating the directory structure

The first question is if the tinylang project should be built together with LLVM (like clang), or if it should be a standalone project that just uses the LLVM libraries. In the former case, it is also necessary to decide where to create the project.

Let's first assume that tinylang should be built together with LLVM. There are different options for where to place the project. The first solution is to create a subdirectory for the project inside the llvm-projects directory. All projects in this directory...

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