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========================================
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Kaleidoscope: Code generation to LLVM IR
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========================================
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.. contents::
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   :local:
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Chapter 3 Introduction
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======================
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Welcome to Chapter 3 of the "`Implementing a language with
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LLVM <index.html>`_" tutorial. This chapter shows you how to transform
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the `Abstract Syntax Tree <OCamlLangImpl2.html>`_, built in Chapter 2,
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into LLVM IR. This will teach you a little bit about how LLVM does
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things, as well as demonstrate how easy it is to use. It's much more
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work to build a lexer and parser than it is to generate LLVM IR code. :)
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**Please note**: the code in this chapter and later require LLVM 2.3 or
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LLVM SVN to work. LLVM 2.2 and before will not work with it.
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Code Generation Setup
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=====================
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In order to generate LLVM IR, we want some simple setup to get started.
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First we define virtual code generation (codegen) methods in each AST
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class:
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.. code-block:: ocaml
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    let rec codegen_expr = function
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      | Ast.Number n -> ...
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      | Ast.Variable name -> ...
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The ``Codegen.codegen_expr`` function says to emit IR for that AST node
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along with all the things it depends on, and they all return an LLVM
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Value object. "Value" is the class used to represent a "`Static Single
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Assignment
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(SSA) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_single_assignment_form>`_
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register" or "SSA value" in LLVM. The most distinct aspect of SSA values
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is that their value is computed as the related instruction executes, and
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it does not get a new value until (and if) the instruction re-executes.
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In other words, there is no way to "change" an SSA value. For more
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information, please read up on `Static Single
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Assignment <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_single_assignment_form>`_
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- the concepts are really quite natural once you grok them.
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The second thing we want is an "Error" exception like we used for the
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parser, which will be used to report errors found during code generation
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(for example, use of an undeclared parameter):
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.. code-block:: ocaml
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    exception Error of string
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    let context = global_context ()
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    let the_module = create_module context "my cool jit"
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    let builder = builder context
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    let named_values:(string, llvalue) Hashtbl.t = Hashtbl.create 10
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    let double_type = double_type context
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The static variables will be used during code generation.
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``Codgen.the_module`` is the LLVM construct that contains all of the
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functions and global variables in a chunk of code. In many ways, it is
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the top-level structure that the LLVM IR uses to contain code.
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The ``Codegen.builder`` object is a helper object that makes it easy to
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generate LLVM instructions. Instances of the
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`IRBuilder <http://llvm.org/doxygen/IRBuilder_8h-source.html>`_
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class keep track of the current place to insert instructions and has
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methods to create new instructions.
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The ``Codegen.named_values`` map keeps track of which values are defined
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in the current scope and what their LLVM representation is. (In other
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words, it is a symbol table for the code). In this form of Kaleidoscope,
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the only things that can be referenced are function parameters. As such,
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function parameters will be in this map when generating code for their
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function body.
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With these basics in place, we can start talking about how to generate
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code for each expression. Note that this assumes that the
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``Codgen.builder`` has been set up to generate code *into* something.
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For now, we'll assume that this has already been done, and we'll just
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use it to emit code.
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Expression Code Generation
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==========================
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Generating LLVM code for expression nodes is very straightforward: less
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than 30 lines of commented code for all four of our expression nodes.
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First we'll do numeric literals:
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.. code-block:: ocaml
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      | Ast.Number n -> const_float double_type n
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In the LLVM IR, numeric constants are represented with the
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``ConstantFP`` class, which holds the numeric value in an ``APFloat``
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internally (``APFloat`` has the capability of holding floating point
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constants of Arbitrary Precision). This code basically just creates
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and returns a ``ConstantFP``. Note that in the LLVM IR that constants
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are all uniqued together and shared. For this reason, the API uses "the
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foo::get(..)" idiom instead of "new foo(..)" or "foo::Create(..)".
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.. code-block:: ocaml
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      | Ast.Variable name ->
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          (try Hashtbl.find named_values name with
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            | Not_found -> raise (Error "unknown variable name"))
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References to variables are also quite simple using LLVM. In the simple
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version of Kaleidoscope, we assume that the variable has already been
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emitted somewhere and its value is available. In practice, the only
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values that can be in the ``Codegen.named_values`` map are function
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arguments. This code simply checks to see that the specified name is in
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the map (if not, an unknown variable is being referenced) and returns
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the value for it. In future chapters, we'll add support for `loop
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induction variables <LangImpl5.html#for>`_ in the symbol table, and for
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`local variables <LangImpl7.html#localvars>`_.
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.. code-block:: ocaml
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      | Ast.Binary (op, lhs, rhs) ->
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          let lhs_val = codegen_expr lhs in
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          let rhs_val = codegen_expr rhs in
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          begin
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            match op with
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            | '+' -> build_fadd lhs_val rhs_val "addtmp" builder
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            | '-' -> build_fsub lhs_val rhs_val "subtmp" builder
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            | '*' -> build_fmul lhs_val rhs_val "multmp" builder
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            | '<' ->
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                (* Convert bool 0/1 to double 0.0 or 1.0 *)
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                let i = build_fcmp Fcmp.Ult lhs_val rhs_val "cmptmp" builder in
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                build_uitofp i double_type "booltmp" builder
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            | _ -> raise (Error "invalid binary operator")
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          end
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Binary operators start to get more interesting. The basic idea here is
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that we recursively emit code for the left-hand side of the expression,
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then the right-hand side, then we compute the result of the binary
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expression. In this code, we do a simple switch on the opcode to create
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the right LLVM instruction.
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In the example above, the LLVM builder class is starting to show its
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value. IRBuilder knows where to insert the newly created instruction,
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all you have to do is specify what instruction to create (e.g. with
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``Llvm.create_add``), which operands to use (``lhs`` and ``rhs`` here)
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and optionally provide a name for the generated instruction.
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One nice thing about LLVM is that the name is just a hint. For instance,
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if the code above emits multiple "addtmp" variables, LLVM will
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automatically provide each one with an increasing, unique numeric
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suffix. Local value names for instructions are purely optional, but it
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makes it much easier to read the IR dumps.
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`LLVM instructions <../LangRef.html#instref>`_ are constrained by strict
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rules: for example, the Left and Right operators of an `add
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instruction <../LangRef.html#i_add>`_ must have the same type, and the
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result type of the add must match the operand types. Because all values
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in Kaleidoscope are doubles, this makes for very simple code for add,
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sub and mul.
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On the other hand, LLVM specifies that the `fcmp
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instruction <../LangRef.html#i_fcmp>`_ always returns an 'i1' value (a
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one bit integer). The problem with this is that Kaleidoscope wants the
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value to be a 0.0 or 1.0 value. In order to get these semantics, we
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combine the fcmp instruction with a `uitofp
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instruction <../LangRef.html#i_uitofp>`_. This instruction converts its
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input integer into a floating point value by treating the input as an
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unsigned value. In contrast, if we used the `sitofp
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instruction <../LangRef.html#i_sitofp>`_, the Kaleidoscope '<' operator
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would return 0.0 and -1.0, depending on the input value.
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.. code-block:: ocaml
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      | Ast.Call (callee, args) ->
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          (* Look up the name in the module table. *)
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          let callee =
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            match lookup_function callee the_module with
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            | Some callee -> callee
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            | None -> raise (Error "unknown function referenced")
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          in
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          let params = params callee in
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          (* If argument mismatch error. *)
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          if Array.length params == Array.length args then () else
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            raise (Error "incorrect # arguments passed");
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          let args = Array.map codegen_expr args in
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          build_call callee args "calltmp" builder
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Code generation for function calls is quite straightforward with LLVM.
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The code above initially does a function name lookup in the LLVM
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Module's symbol table. Recall that the LLVM Module is the container that
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holds all of the functions we are JIT'ing. By giving each function the
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same name as what the user specifies, we can use the LLVM symbol table
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to resolve function names for us.
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Once we have the function to call, we recursively codegen each argument
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that is to be passed in, and create an LLVM `call
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instruction <../LangRef.html#i_call>`_. Note that LLVM uses the native C
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calling conventions by default, allowing these calls to also call into
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standard library functions like "sin" and "cos", with no additional
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effort.
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This wraps up our handling of the four basic expressions that we have so
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far in Kaleidoscope. Feel free to go in and add some more. For example,
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by browsing the `LLVM language reference <../LangRef.html>`_ you'll find
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several other interesting instructions that are really easy to plug into
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our basic framework.
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Function Code Generation
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========================
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Code generation for prototypes and functions must handle a number of
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details, which make their code less beautiful than expression code
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generation, but allows us to illustrate some important points. First,
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lets talk about code generation for prototypes: they are used both for
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function bodies and external function declarations. The code starts
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with:
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.. code-block:: ocaml
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    let codegen_proto = function
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      | Ast.Prototype (name, args) ->
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          (* Make the function type: double(double,double) etc. *)
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          let doubles = Array.make (Array.length args) double_type in
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          let ft = function_type double_type doubles in
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          let f =
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            match lookup_function name the_module with
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This code packs a lot of power into a few lines. Note first that this
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function returns a "Function\*" instead of a "Value\*" (although at the
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moment they both are modeled by ``llvalue`` in ocaml). Because a
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"prototype" really talks about the external interface for a function
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(not the value computed by an expression), it makes sense for it to
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return the LLVM Function it corresponds to when codegen'd.
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The call to ``Llvm.function_type`` creates the ``Llvm.llvalue`` that
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should be used for a given Prototype. Since all function arguments in
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Kaleidoscope are of type double, the first line creates a vector of "N"
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LLVM double types. It then uses the ``Llvm.function_type`` method to
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create a function type that takes "N" doubles as arguments, returns one
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double as a result, and that is not vararg (that uses the function
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``Llvm.var_arg_function_type``). Note that Types in LLVM are uniqued
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just like ``Constant``'s are, so you don't "new" a type, you "get" it.
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The final line above checks if the function has already been defined in
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``Codegen.the_module``. If not, we will create it.
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.. code-block:: ocaml
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            | None -> declare_function name ft the_module
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This indicates the type and name to use, as well as which module to
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insert into. By default we assume a function has
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``Llvm.Linkage.ExternalLinkage``. "`external
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linkage <LangRef.html#linkage>`_" means that the function may be defined
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outside the current module and/or that it is callable by functions
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outside the module. The "``name``" passed in is the name the user
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specified: this name is registered in "``Codegen.the_module``"s symbol
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table, which is used by the function call code above.
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In Kaleidoscope, I choose to allow redefinitions of functions in two
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cases: first, we want to allow 'extern'ing a function more than once, as
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long as the prototypes for the externs match (since all arguments have
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the same type, we just have to check that the number of arguments
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match). Second, we want to allow 'extern'ing a function and then
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defining a body for it. This is useful when defining mutually recursive
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functions.
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.. code-block:: ocaml
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            (* If 'f' conflicted, there was already something named 'name'. If it
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             * has a body, don't allow redefinition or reextern. *)
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            | Some f ->
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                (* If 'f' already has a body, reject this. *)
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                if Array.length (basic_blocks f) == 0 then () else
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                  raise (Error "redefinition of function");
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                (* If 'f' took a different number of arguments, reject. *)
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                if Array.length (params f) == Array.length args then () else
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                  raise (Error "redefinition of function with different # args");
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                f
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          in
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In order to verify the logic above, we first check to see if the
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pre-existing function is "empty". In this case, empty means that it has
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no basic blocks in it, which means it has no body. If it has no body, it
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is a forward declaration. Since we don't allow anything after a full
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definition of the function, the code rejects this case. If the previous
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reference to a function was an 'extern', we simply verify that the
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number of arguments for that definition and this one match up. If not,
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we emit an error.
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.. code-block:: ocaml
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          (* Set names for all arguments. *)
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          Array.iteri (fun i a ->
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            let n = args.(i) in
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            set_value_name n a;
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            Hashtbl.add named_values n a;
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          ) (params f);
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          f
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The last bit of code for prototypes loops over all of the arguments in
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the function, setting the name of the LLVM Argument objects to match,
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and registering the arguments in the ``Codegen.named_values`` map for
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future use by the ``Ast.Variable`` variant. Once this is set up, it
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returns the Function object to the caller. Note that we don't check for
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conflicting argument names here (e.g. "extern foo(a b a)"). Doing so
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would be very straight-forward with the mechanics we have already used
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above.
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.. code-block:: ocaml
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    let codegen_func = function
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      | Ast.Function (proto, body) ->
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          Hashtbl.clear named_values;
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          let the_function = codegen_proto proto in
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Code generation for function definitions starts out simply enough: we
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just codegen the prototype (Proto) and verify that it is ok. We then
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clear out the ``Codegen.named_values`` map to make sure that there isn't
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anything in it from the last function we compiled. Code generation of
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the prototype ensures that there is an LLVM Function object that is
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ready to go for us.
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.. code-block:: ocaml
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          (* Create a new basic block to start insertion into. *)
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          let bb = append_block context "entry" the_function in
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          position_at_end bb builder;
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          try
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            let ret_val = codegen_expr body in
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Now we get to the point where the ``Codegen.builder`` is set up. The
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first line creates a new `basic
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block <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_block>`_ (named "entry"),
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which is inserted into ``the_function``. The second line then tells the
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builder that new instructions should be inserted into the end of the new
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basic block. Basic blocks in LLVM are an important part of functions
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that define the `Control Flow
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Graph <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_flow_graph>`_. Since we
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don't have any control flow, our functions will only contain one block
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at this point. We'll fix this in `Chapter 5 <OCamlLangImpl5.html>`_ :).
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.. code-block:: ocaml
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            let ret_val = codegen_expr body in
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            (* Finish off the function. *)
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            let _ = build_ret ret_val builder in
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            (* Validate the generated code, checking for consistency. *)
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            Llvm_analysis.assert_valid_function the_function;
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            the_function
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Once the insertion point is set up, we call the ``Codegen.codegen_func``
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method for the root expression of the function. If no error happens,
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this emits code to compute the expression into the entry block and
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returns the value that was computed. Assuming no error, we then create
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an LLVM `ret instruction <../LangRef.html#i_ret>`_, which completes the
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function. Once the function is built, we call
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``Llvm_analysis.assert_valid_function``, which is provided by LLVM. This
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function does a variety of consistency checks on the generated code, to
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determine if our compiler is doing everything right. Using this is
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important: it can catch a lot of bugs. Once the function is finished and
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validated, we return it.
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.. code-block:: ocaml
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          with e ->
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            delete_function the_function;
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            raise e
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The only piece left here is handling of the error case. For simplicity,
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we handle this by merely deleting the function we produced with the
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``Llvm.delete_function`` method. This allows the user to redefine a
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function that they incorrectly typed in before: if we didn't delete it,
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it would live in the symbol table, with a body, preventing future
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redefinition.
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This code does have a bug, though. Since the ``Codegen.codegen_proto``
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can return a previously defined forward declaration, our code can
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actually delete a forward declaration. There are a number of ways to fix
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this bug, see what you can come up with! Here is a testcase:
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::
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    extern foo(a b);     # ok, defines foo.
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    def foo(a b) c;      # error, 'c' is invalid.
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    def bar() foo(1, 2); # error, unknown function "foo"
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Driver Changes and Closing Thoughts
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===================================
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For now, code generation to LLVM doesn't really get us much, except that
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we can look at the pretty IR calls. The sample code inserts calls to
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Codegen into the "``Toplevel.main_loop``", and then dumps out the LLVM
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IR. This gives a nice way to look at the LLVM IR for simple functions.
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For example:
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::
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    ready> 4+5;
 | 
						|
    Read top-level expression:
 | 
						|
    define double @""() {
 | 
						|
    entry:
 | 
						|
            %addtmp = fadd double 4.000000e+00, 5.000000e+00
 | 
						|
            ret double %addtmp
 | 
						|
    }
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
Note how the parser turns the top-level expression into anonymous
 | 
						|
functions for us. This will be handy when we add `JIT
 | 
						|
support <OCamlLangImpl4.html#jit>`_ in the next chapter. Also note that
 | 
						|
the code is very literally transcribed, no optimizations are being
 | 
						|
performed. We will `add
 | 
						|
optimizations <OCamlLangImpl4.html#trivialconstfold>`_ explicitly in the
 | 
						|
next chapter.
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
::
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    ready> def foo(a b) a*a + 2*a*b + b*b;
 | 
						|
    Read function definition:
 | 
						|
    define double @foo(double %a, double %b) {
 | 
						|
    entry:
 | 
						|
            %multmp = fmul double %a, %a
 | 
						|
            %multmp1 = fmul double 2.000000e+00, %a
 | 
						|
            %multmp2 = fmul double %multmp1, %b
 | 
						|
            %addtmp = fadd double %multmp, %multmp2
 | 
						|
            %multmp3 = fmul double %b, %b
 | 
						|
            %addtmp4 = fadd double %addtmp, %multmp3
 | 
						|
            ret double %addtmp4
 | 
						|
    }
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
This shows some simple arithmetic. Notice the striking similarity to the
 | 
						|
LLVM builder calls that we use to create the instructions.
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
::
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    ready> def bar(a) foo(a, 4.0) + bar(31337);
 | 
						|
    Read function definition:
 | 
						|
    define double @bar(double %a) {
 | 
						|
    entry:
 | 
						|
            %calltmp = call double @foo(double %a, double 4.000000e+00)
 | 
						|
            %calltmp1 = call double @bar(double 3.133700e+04)
 | 
						|
            %addtmp = fadd double %calltmp, %calltmp1
 | 
						|
            ret double %addtmp
 | 
						|
    }
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
This shows some function calls. Note that this function will take a long
 | 
						|
time to execute if you call it. In the future we'll add conditional
 | 
						|
control flow to actually make recursion useful :).
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
::
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    ready> extern cos(x);
 | 
						|
    Read extern:
 | 
						|
    declare double @cos(double)
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    ready> cos(1.234);
 | 
						|
    Read top-level expression:
 | 
						|
    define double @""() {
 | 
						|
    entry:
 | 
						|
            %calltmp = call double @cos(double 1.234000e+00)
 | 
						|
            ret double %calltmp
 | 
						|
    }
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
This shows an extern for the libm "cos" function, and a call to it.
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
::
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    ready> ^D
 | 
						|
    ; ModuleID = 'my cool jit'
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    define double @""() {
 | 
						|
    entry:
 | 
						|
            %addtmp = fadd double 4.000000e+00, 5.000000e+00
 | 
						|
            ret double %addtmp
 | 
						|
    }
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    define double @foo(double %a, double %b) {
 | 
						|
    entry:
 | 
						|
            %multmp = fmul double %a, %a
 | 
						|
            %multmp1 = fmul double 2.000000e+00, %a
 | 
						|
            %multmp2 = fmul double %multmp1, %b
 | 
						|
            %addtmp = fadd double %multmp, %multmp2
 | 
						|
            %multmp3 = fmul double %b, %b
 | 
						|
            %addtmp4 = fadd double %addtmp, %multmp3
 | 
						|
            ret double %addtmp4
 | 
						|
    }
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    define double @bar(double %a) {
 | 
						|
    entry:
 | 
						|
            %calltmp = call double @foo(double %a, double 4.000000e+00)
 | 
						|
            %calltmp1 = call double @bar(double 3.133700e+04)
 | 
						|
            %addtmp = fadd double %calltmp, %calltmp1
 | 
						|
            ret double %addtmp
 | 
						|
    }
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    declare double @cos(double)
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    define double @""() {
 | 
						|
    entry:
 | 
						|
            %calltmp = call double @cos(double 1.234000e+00)
 | 
						|
            ret double %calltmp
 | 
						|
    }
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
When you quit the current demo, it dumps out the IR for the entire
 | 
						|
module generated. Here you can see the big picture with all the
 | 
						|
functions referencing each other.
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
This wraps up the third chapter of the Kaleidoscope tutorial. Up next,
 | 
						|
we'll describe how to `add JIT codegen and optimizer
 | 
						|
support <OCamlLangImpl4.html>`_ to this so we can actually start running
 | 
						|
code!
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
Full Code Listing
 | 
						|
=================
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
Here is the complete code listing for our running example, enhanced with
 | 
						|
the LLVM code generator. Because this uses the LLVM libraries, we need
 | 
						|
to link them in. To do this, we use the
 | 
						|
`llvm-config <http://llvm.org/cmds/llvm-config.html>`_ tool to inform
 | 
						|
our makefile/command line about which options to use:
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
.. code-block:: bash
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    # Compile
 | 
						|
    ocamlbuild toy.byte
 | 
						|
    # Run
 | 
						|
    ./toy.byte
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
Here is the code:
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
\_tags:
 | 
						|
    ::
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <{lexer,parser}.ml>: use_camlp4, pp(camlp4of)
 | 
						|
        <*.{byte,native}>: g++, use_llvm, use_llvm_analysis
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
myocamlbuild.ml:
 | 
						|
    .. code-block:: ocaml
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        open Ocamlbuild_plugin;;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm";;
 | 
						|
        ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm_analysis";;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        flag ["link"; "ocaml"; "g++"] (S[A"-cc"; A"g++"]);;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
token.ml:
 | 
						|
    .. code-block:: ocaml
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
 | 
						|
         * Lexer Tokens
 | 
						|
         *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        (* The lexer returns these 'Kwd' if it is an unknown character, otherwise one of
 | 
						|
         * these others for known things. *)
 | 
						|
        type token =
 | 
						|
          (* commands *)
 | 
						|
          | Def | Extern
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          (* primary *)
 | 
						|
          | Ident of string | Number of float
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          (* unknown *)
 | 
						|
          | Kwd of char
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
lexer.ml:
 | 
						|
    .. code-block:: ocaml
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
 | 
						|
         * Lexer
 | 
						|
         *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        let rec lex = parser
 | 
						|
          (* Skip any whitespace. *)
 | 
						|
          | [< ' (' ' | '\n' | '\r' | '\t'); stream >] -> lex stream
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          (* identifier: [a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9] *)
 | 
						|
          | [< ' ('A' .. 'Z' | 'a' .. 'z' as c); stream >] ->
 | 
						|
              let buffer = Buffer.create 1 in
 | 
						|
              Buffer.add_char buffer c;
 | 
						|
              lex_ident buffer stream
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          (* number: [0-9.]+ *)
 | 
						|
          | [< ' ('0' .. '9' as c); stream >] ->
 | 
						|
              let buffer = Buffer.create 1 in
 | 
						|
              Buffer.add_char buffer c;
 | 
						|
              lex_number buffer stream
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          (* Comment until end of line. *)
 | 
						|
          | [< ' ('#'); stream >] ->
 | 
						|
              lex_comment stream
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          (* Otherwise, just return the character as its ascii value. *)
 | 
						|
          | [< 'c; stream >] ->
 | 
						|
              [< 'Token.Kwd c; lex stream >]
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          (* end of stream. *)
 | 
						|
          | [< >] -> [< >]
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        and lex_number buffer = parser
 | 
						|
          | [< ' ('0' .. '9' | '.' as c); stream >] ->
 | 
						|
              Buffer.add_char buffer c;
 | 
						|
              lex_number buffer stream
 | 
						|
          | [< stream=lex >] ->
 | 
						|
              [< 'Token.Number (float_of_string (Buffer.contents buffer)); stream >]
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        and lex_ident buffer = parser
 | 
						|
          | [< ' ('A' .. 'Z' | 'a' .. 'z' | '0' .. '9' as c); stream >] ->
 | 
						|
              Buffer.add_char buffer c;
 | 
						|
              lex_ident buffer stream
 | 
						|
          | [< stream=lex >] ->
 | 
						|
              match Buffer.contents buffer with
 | 
						|
              | "def" -> [< 'Token.Def; stream >]
 | 
						|
              | "extern" -> [< 'Token.Extern; stream >]
 | 
						|
              | id -> [< 'Token.Ident id; stream >]
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        and lex_comment = parser
 | 
						|
          | [< ' ('\n'); stream=lex >] -> stream
 | 
						|
          | [< 'c; e=lex_comment >] -> e
 | 
						|
          | [< >] -> [< >]
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
ast.ml:
 | 
						|
    .. code-block:: ocaml
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
 | 
						|
         * Abstract Syntax Tree (aka Parse Tree)
 | 
						|
         *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        (* expr - Base type for all expression nodes. *)
 | 
						|
        type expr =
 | 
						|
          (* variant for numeric literals like "1.0". *)
 | 
						|
          | Number of float
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          (* variant for referencing a variable, like "a". *)
 | 
						|
          | Variable of string
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          (* variant for a binary operator. *)
 | 
						|
          | Binary of char * expr * expr
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          (* variant for function calls. *)
 | 
						|
          | Call of string * expr array
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        (* proto - This type represents the "prototype" for a function, which captures
 | 
						|
         * its name, and its argument names (thus implicitly the number of arguments the
 | 
						|
         * function takes). *)
 | 
						|
        type proto = Prototype of string * string array
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        (* func - This type represents a function definition itself. *)
 | 
						|
        type func = Function of proto * expr
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
parser.ml:
 | 
						|
    .. code-block:: ocaml
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        (*===---------------------------------------------------------------------===
 | 
						|
         * Parser
 | 
						|
         *===---------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        (* binop_precedence - This holds the precedence for each binary operator that is
 | 
						|
         * defined *)
 | 
						|
        let binop_precedence:(char, int) Hashtbl.t = Hashtbl.create 10
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        (* precedence - Get the precedence of the pending binary operator token. *)
 | 
						|
        let precedence c = try Hashtbl.find binop_precedence c with Not_found -> -1
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        (* primary
 | 
						|
         *   ::= identifier
 | 
						|
         *   ::= numberexpr
 | 
						|
         *   ::= parenexpr *)
 | 
						|
        let rec parse_primary = parser
 | 
						|
          (* numberexpr ::= number *)
 | 
						|
          | [< 'Token.Number n >] -> Ast.Number n
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          (* parenexpr ::= '(' expression ')' *)
 | 
						|
          | [< 'Token.Kwd '('; e=parse_expr; 'Token.Kwd ')' ?? "expected ')'" >] -> e
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          (* identifierexpr
 | 
						|
           *   ::= identifier
 | 
						|
           *   ::= identifier '(' argumentexpr ')' *)
 | 
						|
          | [< 'Token.Ident id; stream >] ->
 | 
						|
              let rec parse_args accumulator = parser
 | 
						|
                | [< e=parse_expr; stream >] ->
 | 
						|
                    begin parser
 | 
						|
                      | [< 'Token.Kwd ','; e=parse_args (e :: accumulator) >] -> e
 | 
						|
                      | [< >] -> e :: accumulator
 | 
						|
                    end stream
 | 
						|
                | [< >] -> accumulator
 | 
						|
              in
 | 
						|
              let rec parse_ident id = parser
 | 
						|
                (* Call. *)
 | 
						|
                | [< 'Token.Kwd '(';
 | 
						|
                     args=parse_args [];
 | 
						|
                     'Token.Kwd ')' ?? "expected ')'">] ->
 | 
						|
                    Ast.Call (id, Array.of_list (List.rev args))
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
                (* Simple variable ref. *)
 | 
						|
                | [< >] -> Ast.Variable id
 | 
						|
              in
 | 
						|
              parse_ident id stream
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          | [< >] -> raise (Stream.Error "unknown token when expecting an expression.")
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        (* binoprhs
 | 
						|
         *   ::= ('+' primary)* *)
 | 
						|
        and parse_bin_rhs expr_prec lhs stream =
 | 
						|
          match Stream.peek stream with
 | 
						|
          (* If this is a binop, find its precedence. *)
 | 
						|
          | Some (Token.Kwd c) when Hashtbl.mem binop_precedence c ->
 | 
						|
              let token_prec = precedence c in
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
              (* If this is a binop that binds at least as tightly as the current binop,
 | 
						|
               * consume it, otherwise we are done. *)
 | 
						|
              if token_prec < expr_prec then lhs else begin
 | 
						|
                (* Eat the binop. *)
 | 
						|
                Stream.junk stream;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
                (* Parse the primary expression after the binary operator. *)
 | 
						|
                let rhs = parse_primary stream in
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
                (* Okay, we know this is a binop. *)
 | 
						|
                let rhs =
 | 
						|
                  match Stream.peek stream with
 | 
						|
                  | Some (Token.Kwd c2) ->
 | 
						|
                      (* If BinOp binds less tightly with rhs than the operator after
 | 
						|
                       * rhs, let the pending operator take rhs as its lhs. *)
 | 
						|
                      let next_prec = precedence c2 in
 | 
						|
                      if token_prec < next_prec
 | 
						|
                      then parse_bin_rhs (token_prec + 1) rhs stream
 | 
						|
                      else rhs
 | 
						|
                  | _ -> rhs
 | 
						|
                in
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
                (* Merge lhs/rhs. *)
 | 
						|
                let lhs = Ast.Binary (c, lhs, rhs) in
 | 
						|
                parse_bin_rhs expr_prec lhs stream
 | 
						|
              end
 | 
						|
          | _ -> lhs
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        (* expression
 | 
						|
         *   ::= primary binoprhs *)
 | 
						|
        and parse_expr = parser
 | 
						|
          | [< lhs=parse_primary; stream >] -> parse_bin_rhs 0 lhs stream
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        (* prototype
 | 
						|
         *   ::= id '(' id* ')' *)
 | 
						|
        let parse_prototype =
 | 
						|
          let rec parse_args accumulator = parser
 | 
						|
            | [< 'Token.Ident id; e=parse_args (id::accumulator) >] -> e
 | 
						|
            | [< >] -> accumulator
 | 
						|
          in
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          parser
 | 
						|
          | [< 'Token.Ident id;
 | 
						|
               'Token.Kwd '(' ?? "expected '(' in prototype";
 | 
						|
               args=parse_args [];
 | 
						|
               'Token.Kwd ')' ?? "expected ')' in prototype" >] ->
 | 
						|
              (* success. *)
 | 
						|
              Ast.Prototype (id, Array.of_list (List.rev args))
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          | [< >] ->
 | 
						|
              raise (Stream.Error "expected function name in prototype")
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        (* definition ::= 'def' prototype expression *)
 | 
						|
        let parse_definition = parser
 | 
						|
          | [< 'Token.Def; p=parse_prototype; e=parse_expr >] ->
 | 
						|
              Ast.Function (p, e)
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        (* toplevelexpr ::= expression *)
 | 
						|
        let parse_toplevel = parser
 | 
						|
          | [< e=parse_expr >] ->
 | 
						|
              (* Make an anonymous proto. *)
 | 
						|
              Ast.Function (Ast.Prototype ("", [||]), e)
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        (*  external ::= 'extern' prototype *)
 | 
						|
        let parse_extern = parser
 | 
						|
          | [< 'Token.Extern; e=parse_prototype >] -> e
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
codegen.ml:
 | 
						|
    .. code-block:: ocaml
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
 | 
						|
         * Code Generation
 | 
						|
         *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        open Llvm
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        exception Error of string
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        let context = global_context ()
 | 
						|
        let the_module = create_module context "my cool jit"
 | 
						|
        let builder = builder context
 | 
						|
        let named_values:(string, llvalue) Hashtbl.t = Hashtbl.create 10
 | 
						|
        let double_type = double_type context
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        let rec codegen_expr = function
 | 
						|
          | Ast.Number n -> const_float double_type n
 | 
						|
          | Ast.Variable name ->
 | 
						|
              (try Hashtbl.find named_values name with
 | 
						|
                | Not_found -> raise (Error "unknown variable name"))
 | 
						|
          | Ast.Binary (op, lhs, rhs) ->
 | 
						|
              let lhs_val = codegen_expr lhs in
 | 
						|
              let rhs_val = codegen_expr rhs in
 | 
						|
              begin
 | 
						|
                match op with
 | 
						|
                | '+' -> build_add lhs_val rhs_val "addtmp" builder
 | 
						|
                | '-' -> build_sub lhs_val rhs_val "subtmp" builder
 | 
						|
                | '*' -> build_mul lhs_val rhs_val "multmp" builder
 | 
						|
                | '<' ->
 | 
						|
                    (* Convert bool 0/1 to double 0.0 or 1.0 *)
 | 
						|
                    let i = build_fcmp Fcmp.Ult lhs_val rhs_val "cmptmp" builder in
 | 
						|
                    build_uitofp i double_type "booltmp" builder
 | 
						|
                | _ -> raise (Error "invalid binary operator")
 | 
						|
              end
 | 
						|
          | Ast.Call (callee, args) ->
 | 
						|
              (* Look up the name in the module table. *)
 | 
						|
              let callee =
 | 
						|
                match lookup_function callee the_module with
 | 
						|
                | Some callee -> callee
 | 
						|
                | None -> raise (Error "unknown function referenced")
 | 
						|
              in
 | 
						|
              let params = params callee in
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
              (* If argument mismatch error. *)
 | 
						|
              if Array.length params == Array.length args then () else
 | 
						|
                raise (Error "incorrect # arguments passed");
 | 
						|
              let args = Array.map codegen_expr args in
 | 
						|
              build_call callee args "calltmp" builder
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        let codegen_proto = function
 | 
						|
          | Ast.Prototype (name, args) ->
 | 
						|
              (* Make the function type: double(double,double) etc. *)
 | 
						|
              let doubles = Array.make (Array.length args) double_type in
 | 
						|
              let ft = function_type double_type doubles in
 | 
						|
              let f =
 | 
						|
                match lookup_function name the_module with
 | 
						|
                | None -> declare_function name ft the_module
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
                (* If 'f' conflicted, there was already something named 'name'. If it
 | 
						|
                 * has a body, don't allow redefinition or reextern. *)
 | 
						|
                | Some f ->
 | 
						|
                    (* If 'f' already has a body, reject this. *)
 | 
						|
                    if block_begin f <> At_end f then
 | 
						|
                      raise (Error "redefinition of function");
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
                    (* If 'f' took a different number of arguments, reject. *)
 | 
						|
                    if element_type (type_of f) <> ft then
 | 
						|
                      raise (Error "redefinition of function with different # args");
 | 
						|
                    f
 | 
						|
              in
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
              (* Set names for all arguments. *)
 | 
						|
              Array.iteri (fun i a ->
 | 
						|
                let n = args.(i) in
 | 
						|
                set_value_name n a;
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                Hashtbl.add named_values n a;
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              ) (params f);
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              f
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        let codegen_func = function
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          | Ast.Function (proto, body) ->
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              Hashtbl.clear named_values;
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              let the_function = codegen_proto proto in
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						|
 | 
						|
              (* Create a new basic block to start insertion into. *)
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						|
              let bb = append_block context "entry" the_function in
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						|
              position_at_end bb builder;
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						|
 | 
						|
              try
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						|
                let ret_val = codegen_expr body in
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
                (* Finish off the function. *)
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						|
                let _ = build_ret ret_val builder in
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						|
 | 
						|
                (* Validate the generated code, checking for consistency. *)
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						|
                Llvm_analysis.assert_valid_function the_function;
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						|
 | 
						|
                the_function
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						|
              with e ->
 | 
						|
                delete_function the_function;
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						|
                raise e
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						|
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						|
toplevel.ml:
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						|
    .. code-block:: ocaml
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						|
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						|
        (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
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						|
         * Top-Level parsing and JIT Driver
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						|
         *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
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						|
 | 
						|
        open Llvm
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						|
 | 
						|
        (* top ::= definition | external | expression | ';' *)
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						|
        let rec main_loop stream =
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						|
          match Stream.peek stream with
 | 
						|
          | None -> ()
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          (* ignore top-level semicolons. *)
 | 
						|
          | Some (Token.Kwd ';') ->
 | 
						|
              Stream.junk stream;
 | 
						|
              main_loop stream
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          | Some token ->
 | 
						|
              begin
 | 
						|
                try match token with
 | 
						|
                | Token.Def ->
 | 
						|
                    let e = Parser.parse_definition stream in
 | 
						|
                    print_endline "parsed a function definition.";
 | 
						|
                    dump_value (Codegen.codegen_func e);
 | 
						|
                | Token.Extern ->
 | 
						|
                    let e = Parser.parse_extern stream in
 | 
						|
                    print_endline "parsed an extern.";
 | 
						|
                    dump_value (Codegen.codegen_proto e);
 | 
						|
                | _ ->
 | 
						|
                    (* Evaluate a top-level expression into an anonymous function. *)
 | 
						|
                    let e = Parser.parse_toplevel stream in
 | 
						|
                    print_endline "parsed a top-level expr";
 | 
						|
                    dump_value (Codegen.codegen_func e);
 | 
						|
                with Stream.Error s | Codegen.Error s ->
 | 
						|
                  (* Skip token for error recovery. *)
 | 
						|
                  Stream.junk stream;
 | 
						|
                  print_endline s;
 | 
						|
              end;
 | 
						|
              print_string "ready> "; flush stdout;
 | 
						|
              main_loop stream
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
toy.ml:
 | 
						|
    .. code-block:: ocaml
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
 | 
						|
         * Main driver code.
 | 
						|
         *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        open Llvm
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        let main () =
 | 
						|
          (* Install standard binary operators.
 | 
						|
           * 1 is the lowest precedence. *)
 | 
						|
          Hashtbl.add Parser.binop_precedence '<' 10;
 | 
						|
          Hashtbl.add Parser.binop_precedence '+' 20;
 | 
						|
          Hashtbl.add Parser.binop_precedence '-' 20;
 | 
						|
          Hashtbl.add Parser.binop_precedence '*' 40;    (* highest. *)
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          (* Prime the first token. *)
 | 
						|
          print_string "ready> "; flush stdout;
 | 
						|
          let stream = Lexer.lex (Stream.of_channel stdin) in
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          (* Run the main "interpreter loop" now. *)
 | 
						|
          Toplevel.main_loop stream;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          (* Print out all the generated code. *)
 | 
						|
          dump_module Codegen.the_module
 | 
						|
        ;;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        main ()
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
`Next: Adding JIT and Optimizer Support <OCamlLangImpl4.html>`_
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