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Sorry for the massive commit, but I just wanted to knock this one down and it is really straightforward. There are still a couple trivial (i.e. not related to the content) things left to fix: - Use of raw HTML links where :doc:`...` and :ref:`...` could be used instead. If you are a newbie and want to help fix this it would make for some good bite-sized patches; more experienced developers should be focusing on adding new content (to this tutorial or elsewhere, but please _do not_ waste your time on formatting when there is such dire need for documentation (see docs/SphinxQuickstartTemplate.rst to get started writing)). - Highlighting of the kaleidoscope code blocks (currently left as bare `::`). I will be working on writing a custom Pygments highlighter for this, mostly as training for maintaining the `llvm` code-block's lexer in-tree. I want to do this because I am extremely unhappy with how it just "gives up" on the slightest deviation from the expected syntax and leaves the whole code-block un-highlighted. More generally I am looking at writing some Sphinx extensions and keeping them in-tree as well, to support common use cases that currently have no good solution (like "monospace text inside a link"). git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@169343 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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+=======================================================
+Kaleidoscope: Extending the Language: Mutable Variables
+=======================================================
+
+.. contents::
+ :local:
+
+Written by `Chris Lattner <mailto:sabre@nondot.org>`_
+
+Chapter 7 Introduction
+======================
+
+Welcome to Chapter 7 of the "`Implementing a language with
+LLVM <index.html>`_" tutorial. In chapters 1 through 6, we've built a
+very respectable, albeit simple, `functional programming
+language <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming>`_. In our
+journey, we learned some parsing techniques, how to build and represent
+an AST, how to build LLVM IR, and how to optimize the resultant code as
+well as JIT compile it.
+
+While Kaleidoscope is interesting as a functional language, the fact
+that it is functional makes it "too easy" to generate LLVM IR for it. In
+particular, a functional language makes it very easy to build LLVM IR
+directly in `SSA
+form <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_single_assignment_form>`_.
+Since LLVM requires that the input code be in SSA form, this is a very
+nice property and it is often unclear to newcomers how to generate code
+for an imperative language with mutable variables.
+
+The short (and happy) summary of this chapter is that there is no need
+for your front-end to build SSA form: LLVM provides highly tuned and
+well tested support for this, though the way it works is a bit
+unexpected for some.
+
+Why is this a hard problem?
+===========================
+
+To understand why mutable variables cause complexities in SSA
+construction, consider this extremely simple C example:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ int G, H;
+ int test(_Bool Condition) {
+ int X;
+ if (Condition)
+ X = G;
+ else
+ X = H;
+ return X;
+ }
+
+In this case, we have the variable "X", whose value depends on the path
+executed in the program. Because there are two different possible values
+for X before the return instruction, a PHI node is inserted to merge the
+two values. The LLVM IR that we want for this example looks like this:
+
+.. code-block:: llvm
+
+ @G = weak global i32 0 ; type of @G is i32*
+ @H = weak global i32 0 ; type of @H is i32*
+
+ define i32 @test(i1 %Condition) {
+ entry:
+ br i1 %Condition, label %cond_true, label %cond_false
+
+ cond_true:
+ %X.0 = load i32* @G
+ br label %cond_next
+
+ cond_false:
+ %X.1 = load i32* @H
+ br label %cond_next
+
+ cond_next:
+ %X.2 = phi i32 [ %X.1, %cond_false ], [ %X.0, %cond_true ]
+ ret i32 %X.2
+ }
+
+In this example, the loads from the G and H global variables are
+explicit in the LLVM IR, and they live in the then/else branches of the
+if statement (cond\_true/cond\_false). In order to merge the incoming
+values, the X.2 phi node in the cond\_next block selects the right value
+to use based on where control flow is coming from: if control flow comes
+from the cond\_false block, X.2 gets the value of X.1. Alternatively, if
+control flow comes from cond\_true, it gets the value of X.0. The intent
+of this chapter is not to explain the details of SSA form. For more
+information, see one of the many `online
+references <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_single_assignment_form>`_.
+
+The question for this article is "who places the phi nodes when lowering
+assignments to mutable variables?". The issue here is that LLVM
+*requires* that its IR be in SSA form: there is no "non-ssa" mode for
+it. However, SSA construction requires non-trivial algorithms and data
+structures, so it is inconvenient and wasteful for every front-end to
+have to reproduce this logic.
+
+Memory in LLVM
+==============
+
+The 'trick' here is that while LLVM does require all register values to
+be in SSA form, it does not require (or permit) memory objects to be in
+SSA form. In the example above, note that the loads from G and H are
+direct accesses to G and H: they are not renamed or versioned. This
+differs from some other compiler systems, which do try to version memory
+objects. In LLVM, instead of encoding dataflow analysis of memory into
+the LLVM IR, it is handled with `Analysis
+Passes <../WritingAnLLVMPass.html>`_ which are computed on demand.
+
+With this in mind, the high-level idea is that we want to make a stack
+variable (which lives in memory, because it is on the stack) for each
+mutable object in a function. To take advantage of this trick, we need
+to talk about how LLVM represents stack variables.
+
+In LLVM, all memory accesses are explicit with load/store instructions,
+and it is carefully designed not to have (or need) an "address-of"
+operator. Notice how the type of the @G/@H global variables is actually
+"i32\*" even though the variable is defined as "i32". What this means is
+that @G defines *space* for an i32 in the global data area, but its
+*name* actually refers to the address for that space. Stack variables
+work the same way, except that instead of being declared with global
+variable definitions, they are declared with the `LLVM alloca
+instruction <../LangRef.html#i_alloca>`_:
+
+.. code-block:: llvm
+
+ define i32 @example() {
+ entry:
+ %X = alloca i32 ; type of %X is i32*.
+ ...
+ %tmp = load i32* %X ; load the stack value %X from the stack.
+ %tmp2 = add i32 %tmp, 1 ; increment it
+ store i32 %tmp2, i32* %X ; store it back
+ ...
+
+This code shows an example of how you can declare and manipulate a stack
+variable in the LLVM IR. Stack memory allocated with the alloca
+instruction is fully general: you can pass the address of the stack slot
+to functions, you can store it in other variables, etc. In our example
+above, we could rewrite the example to use the alloca technique to avoid
+using a PHI node:
+
+.. code-block:: llvm
+
+ @G = weak global i32 0 ; type of @G is i32*
+ @H = weak global i32 0 ; type of @H is i32*
+
+ define i32 @test(i1 %Condition) {
+ entry:
+ %X = alloca i32 ; type of %X is i32*.
+ br i1 %Condition, label %cond_true, label %cond_false
+
+ cond_true:
+ %X.0 = load i32* @G
+ store i32 %X.0, i32* %X ; Update X
+ br label %cond_next
+
+ cond_false:
+ %X.1 = load i32* @H
+ store i32 %X.1, i32* %X ; Update X
+ br label %cond_next
+
+ cond_next:
+ %X.2 = load i32* %X ; Read X
+ ret i32 %X.2
+ }
+
+With this, we have discovered a way to handle arbitrary mutable
+variables without the need to create Phi nodes at all:
+
+#. Each mutable variable becomes a stack allocation.
+#. Each read of the variable becomes a load from the stack.
+#. Each update of the variable becomes a store to the stack.
+#. Taking the address of a variable just uses the stack address
+ directly.
+
+While this solution has solved our immediate problem, it introduced
+another one: we have now apparently introduced a lot of stack traffic
+for very simple and common operations, a major performance problem.
+Fortunately for us, the LLVM optimizer has a highly-tuned optimization
+pass named "mem2reg" that handles this case, promoting allocas like this
+into SSA registers, inserting Phi nodes as appropriate. If you run this
+example through the pass, for example, you'll get:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ $ llvm-as < example.ll | opt -mem2reg | llvm-dis
+ @G = weak global i32 0
+ @H = weak global i32 0
+
+ define i32 @test(i1 %Condition) {
+ entry:
+ br i1 %Condition, label %cond_true, label %cond_false
+
+ cond_true:
+ %X.0 = load i32* @G
+ br label %cond_next
+
+ cond_false:
+ %X.1 = load i32* @H
+ br label %cond_next
+
+ cond_next:
+ %X.01 = phi i32 [ %X.1, %cond_false ], [ %X.0, %cond_true ]
+ ret i32 %X.01
+ }
+
+The mem2reg pass implements the standard "iterated dominance frontier"
+algorithm for constructing SSA form and has a number of optimizations
+that speed up (very common) degenerate cases. The mem2reg optimization
+pass is the answer to dealing with mutable variables, and we highly
+recommend that you depend on it. Note that mem2reg only works on
+variables in certain circumstances:
+
+#. mem2reg is alloca-driven: it looks for allocas and if it can handle
+ them, it promotes them. It does not apply to global variables or heap
+ allocations.
+#. mem2reg only looks for alloca instructions in the entry block of the
+ function. Being in the entry block guarantees that the alloca is only
+ executed once, which makes analysis simpler.
+#. mem2reg only promotes allocas whose uses are direct loads and stores.
+ If the address of the stack object is passed to a function, or if any
+ funny pointer arithmetic is involved, the alloca will not be
+ promoted.
+#. mem2reg only works on allocas of `first
+ class <../LangRef.html#t_classifications>`_ values (such as pointers,
+ scalars and vectors), and only if the array size of the allocation is
+ 1 (or missing in the .ll file). mem2reg is not capable of promoting
+ structs or arrays to registers. Note that the "scalarrepl" pass is
+ more powerful and can promote structs, "unions", and arrays in many
+ cases.
+
+All of these properties are easy to satisfy for most imperative
+languages, and we'll illustrate it below with Kaleidoscope. The final
+question you may be asking is: should I bother with this nonsense for my
+front-end? Wouldn't it be better if I just did SSA construction
+directly, avoiding use of the mem2reg optimization pass? In short, we
+strongly recommend that you use this technique for building SSA form,
+unless there is an extremely good reason not to. Using this technique
+is:
+
+- Proven and well tested: llvm-gcc and clang both use this technique
+ for local mutable variables. As such, the most common clients of LLVM
+ are using this to handle a bulk of their variables. You can be sure
+ that bugs are found fast and fixed early.
+- Extremely Fast: mem2reg has a number of special cases that make it
+ fast in common cases as well as fully general. For example, it has
+ fast-paths for variables that are only used in a single block,
+ variables that only have one assignment point, good heuristics to
+ avoid insertion of unneeded phi nodes, etc.
+- Needed for debug info generation: `Debug information in
+ LLVM <../SourceLevelDebugging.html>`_ relies on having the address of
+ the variable exposed so that debug info can be attached to it. This
+ technique dovetails very naturally with this style of debug info.
+
+If nothing else, this makes it much easier to get your front-end up and
+running, and is very simple to implement. Lets extend Kaleidoscope with
+mutable variables now!
+
+Mutable Variables in Kaleidoscope
+=================================
+
+Now that we know the sort of problem we want to tackle, lets see what
+this looks like in the context of our little Kaleidoscope language.
+We're going to add two features:
+
+#. The ability to mutate variables with the '=' operator.
+#. The ability to define new variables.
+
+While the first item is really what this is about, we only have
+variables for incoming arguments as well as for induction variables, and
+redefining those only goes so far :). Also, the ability to define new
+variables is a useful thing regardless of whether you will be mutating
+them. Here's a motivating example that shows how we could use these:
+
+::
+
+ # Define ':' for sequencing: as a low-precedence operator that ignores operands
+ # and just returns the RHS.
+ def binary : 1 (x y) y;
+
+ # Recursive fib, we could do this before.
+ def fib(x)
+ if (x < 3) then
+ 1
+ else
+ fib(x-1)+fib(x-2);
+
+ # Iterative fib.
+ def fibi(x)
+ var a = 1, b = 1, c in
+ (for i = 3, i < x in
+ c = a + b :
+ a = b :
+ b = c) :
+ b;
+
+ # Call it.
+ fibi(10);
+
+In order to mutate variables, we have to change our existing variables
+to use the "alloca trick". Once we have that, we'll add our new
+operator, then extend Kaleidoscope to support new variable definitions.
+
+Adjusting Existing Variables for Mutation
+=========================================
+
+The symbol table in Kaleidoscope is managed at code generation time by
+the '``NamedValues``' map. This map currently keeps track of the LLVM
+"Value\*" that holds the double value for the named variable. In order
+to support mutation, we need to change this slightly, so that it
+``NamedValues`` holds the *memory location* of the variable in question.
+Note that this change is a refactoring: it changes the structure of the
+code, but does not (by itself) change the behavior of the compiler. All
+of these changes are isolated in the Kaleidoscope code generator.
+
+At this point in Kaleidoscope's development, it only supports variables
+for two things: incoming arguments to functions and the induction
+variable of 'for' loops. For consistency, we'll allow mutation of these
+variables in addition to other user-defined variables. This means that
+these will both need memory locations.
+
+To start our transformation of Kaleidoscope, we'll change the
+NamedValues map so that it maps to AllocaInst\* instead of Value\*. Once
+we do this, the C++ compiler will tell us what parts of the code we need
+to update:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ static std::map<std::string, AllocaInst*> NamedValues;
+
+Also, since we will need to create these alloca's, we'll use a helper
+function that ensures that the allocas are created in the entry block of
+the function:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ /// CreateEntryBlockAlloca - Create an alloca instruction in the entry block of
+ /// the function. This is used for mutable variables etc.
+ static AllocaInst *CreateEntryBlockAlloca(Function *TheFunction,
+ const std::string &VarName) {
+ IRBuilder<> TmpB(&TheFunction->getEntryBlock(),
+ TheFunction->getEntryBlock().begin());
+ return TmpB.CreateAlloca(Type::getDoubleTy(getGlobalContext()), 0,
+ VarName.c_str());
+ }
+
+This funny looking code creates an IRBuilder object that is pointing at
+the first instruction (.begin()) of the entry block. It then creates an
+alloca with the expected name and returns it. Because all values in
+Kaleidoscope are doubles, there is no need to pass in a type to use.
+
+With this in place, the first functionality change we want to make is to
+variable references. In our new scheme, variables live on the stack, so
+code generating a reference to them actually needs to produce a load
+from the stack slot:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ Value *VariableExprAST::Codegen() {
+ // Look this variable up in the function.
+ Value *V = NamedValues[Name];
+ if (V == 0) return ErrorV("Unknown variable name");
+
+ // Load the value.
+ return Builder.CreateLoad(V, Name.c_str());
+ }
+
+As you can see, this is pretty straightforward. Now we need to update
+the things that define the variables to set up the alloca. We'll start
+with ``ForExprAST::Codegen`` (see the `full code listing <#code>`_ for
+the unabridged code):
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ Function *TheFunction = Builder.GetInsertBlock()->getParent();
+
+ // Create an alloca for the variable in the entry block.
+ AllocaInst *Alloca = CreateEntryBlockAlloca(TheFunction, VarName);
+
+ // Emit the start code first, without 'variable' in scope.
+ Value *StartVal = Start->Codegen();
+ if (StartVal == 0) return 0;
+
+ // Store the value into the alloca.
+ Builder.CreateStore(StartVal, Alloca);
+ ...
+
+ // Compute the end condition.
+ Value *EndCond = End->Codegen();
+ if (EndCond == 0) return EndCond;
+
+ // Reload, increment, and restore the alloca. This handles the case where
+ // the body of the loop mutates the variable.
+ Value *CurVar = Builder.CreateLoad(Alloca);
+ Value *NextVar = Builder.CreateFAdd(CurVar, StepVal, "nextvar");
+ Builder.CreateStore(NextVar, Alloca);
+ ...
+
+This code is virtually identical to the code `before we allowed mutable
+variables <LangImpl5.html#forcodegen>`_. The big difference is that we
+no longer have to construct a PHI node, and we use load/store to access
+the variable as needed.
+
+To support mutable argument variables, we need to also make allocas for
+them. The code for this is also pretty simple:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ /// CreateArgumentAllocas - Create an alloca for each argument and register the
+ /// argument in the symbol table so that references to it will succeed.
+ void PrototypeAST::CreateArgumentAllocas(Function *F) {
+ Function::arg_iterator AI = F->arg_begin();
+ for (unsigned Idx = 0, e = Args.size(); Idx != e; ++Idx, ++AI) {
+ // Create an alloca for this variable.
+ AllocaInst *Alloca = CreateEntryBlockAlloca(F, Args[Idx]);
+
+ // Store the initial value into the alloca.
+ Builder.CreateStore(AI, Alloca);
+
+ // Add arguments to variable symbol table.
+ NamedValues[Args[Idx]] = Alloca;
+ }
+ }
+
+For each argument, we make an alloca, store the input value to the
+function into the alloca, and register the alloca as the memory location
+for the argument. This method gets invoked by ``FunctionAST::Codegen``
+right after it sets up the entry block for the function.
+
+The final missing piece is adding the mem2reg pass, which allows us to
+get good codegen once again:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ // Set up the optimizer pipeline. Start with registering info about how the
+ // target lays out data structures.
+ OurFPM.add(new DataLayout(*TheExecutionEngine->getDataLayout()));
+ // Promote allocas to registers.
+ OurFPM.add(createPromoteMemoryToRegisterPass());
+ // Do simple "peephole" optimizations and bit-twiddling optzns.
+ OurFPM.add(createInstructionCombiningPass());
+ // Reassociate expressions.
+ OurFPM.add(createReassociatePass());
+
+It is interesting to see what the code looks like before and after the
+mem2reg optimization runs. For example, this is the before/after code
+for our recursive fib function. Before the optimization:
+
+.. code-block:: llvm
+
+ define double @fib(double %x) {
+ entry:
+ %x1 = alloca double
+ store double %x, double* %x1
+ %x2 = load double* %x1
+ %cmptmp = fcmp ult double %x2, 3.000000e+00
+ %booltmp = uitofp i1 %cmptmp to double
+ %ifcond = fcmp one double %booltmp, 0.000000e+00
+ br i1 %ifcond, label %then, label %else
+
+ then: ; preds = %entry
+ br label %ifcont
+
+ else: ; preds = %entry
+ %x3 = load double* %x1
+ %subtmp = fsub double %x3, 1.000000e+00
+ %calltmp = call double @fib(double %subtmp)
+ %x4 = load double* %x1
+ %subtmp5 = fsub double %x4, 2.000000e+00
+ %calltmp6 = call double @fib(double %subtmp5)
+ %addtmp = fadd double %calltmp, %calltmp6
+ br label %ifcont
+
+ ifcont: ; preds = %else, %then
+ %iftmp = phi double [ 1.000000e+00, %then ], [ %addtmp, %else ]
+ ret double %iftmp
+ }
+
+Here there is only one variable (x, the input argument) but you can
+still see the extremely simple-minded code generation strategy we are
+using. In the entry block, an alloca is created, and the initial input
+value is stored into it. Each reference to the variable does a reload
+from the stack. Also, note that we didn't modify the if/then/else
+expression, so it still inserts a PHI node. While we could make an
+alloca for it, it is actually easier to create a PHI node for it, so we
+still just make the PHI.
+
+Here is the code after the mem2reg pass runs:
+
+.. code-block:: llvm
+
+ define double @fib(double %x) {
+ entry:
+ %cmptmp = fcmp ult double %x, 3.000000e+00
+ %booltmp = uitofp i1 %cmptmp to double
+ %ifcond = fcmp one double %booltmp, 0.000000e+00
+ br i1 %ifcond, label %then, label %else
+
+ then:
+ br label %ifcont
+
+ else:
+ %subtmp = fsub double %x, 1.000000e+00
+ %calltmp = call double @fib(double %subtmp)
+ %subtmp5 = fsub double %x, 2.000000e+00
+ %calltmp6 = call double @fib(double %subtmp5)
+ %addtmp = fadd double %calltmp, %calltmp6
+ br label %ifcont
+
+ ifcont: ; preds = %else, %then
+ %iftmp = phi double [ 1.000000e+00, %then ], [ %addtmp, %else ]
+ ret double %iftmp
+ }
+
+This is a trivial case for mem2reg, since there are no redefinitions of
+the variable. The point of showing this is to calm your tension about
+inserting such blatent inefficiencies :).
+
+After the rest of the optimizers run, we get:
+
+.. code-block:: llvm
+
+ define double @fib(double %x) {
+ entry:
+ %cmptmp = fcmp ult double %x, 3.000000e+00
+ %booltmp = uitofp i1 %cmptmp to double
+ %ifcond = fcmp ueq double %booltmp, 0.000000e+00
+ br i1 %ifcond, label %else, label %ifcont
+
+ else:
+ %subtmp = fsub double %x, 1.000000e+00
+ %calltmp = call double @fib(double %subtmp)
+ %subtmp5 = fsub double %x, 2.000000e+00
+ %calltmp6 = call double @fib(double %subtmp5)
+ %addtmp = fadd double %calltmp, %calltmp6
+ ret double %addtmp
+
+ ifcont:
+ ret double 1.000000e+00
+ }
+
+Here we see that the simplifycfg pass decided to clone the return
+instruction into the end of the 'else' block. This allowed it to
+eliminate some branches and the PHI node.
+
+Now that all symbol table references are updated to use stack variables,
+we'll add the assignment operator.
+
+New Assignment Operator
+=======================
+
+With our current framework, adding a new assignment operator is really
+simple. We will parse it just like any other binary operator, but handle
+it internally (instead of allowing the user to define it). The first
+step is to set a precedence:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ int main() {
+ // Install standard binary operators.
+ // 1 is lowest precedence.
+ BinopPrecedence['='] = 2;
+ BinopPrecedence['<'] = 10;
+ BinopPrecedence['+'] = 20;
+ BinopPrecedence['-'] = 20;
+
+Now that the parser knows the precedence of the binary operator, it
+takes care of all the parsing and AST generation. We just need to
+implement codegen for the assignment operator. This looks like:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ Value *BinaryExprAST::Codegen() {
+ // Special case '=' because we don't want to emit the LHS as an expression.
+ if (Op == '=') {
+ // Assignment requires the LHS to be an identifier.
+ VariableExprAST *LHSE = dynamic_cast<VariableExprAST*>(LHS);
+ if (!LHSE)
+ return ErrorV("destination of '=' must be a variable");
+
+Unlike the rest of the binary operators, our assignment operator doesn't
+follow the "emit LHS, emit RHS, do computation" model. As such, it is
+handled as a special case before the other binary operators are handled.
+The other strange thing is that it requires the LHS to be a variable. It
+is invalid to have "(x+1) = expr" - only things like "x = expr" are
+allowed.
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ // Codegen the RHS.
+ Value *Val = RHS->Codegen();
+ if (Val == 0) return 0;
+
+ // Look up the name.
+ Value *Variable = NamedValues[LHSE->getName()];
+ if (Variable == 0) return ErrorV("Unknown variable name");
+
+ Builder.CreateStore(Val, Variable);
+ return Val;
+ }
+ ...
+
+Once we have the variable, codegen'ing the assignment is
+straightforward: we emit the RHS of the assignment, create a store, and
+return the computed value. Returning a value allows for chained
+assignments like "X = (Y = Z)".
+
+Now that we have an assignment operator, we can mutate loop variables
+and arguments. For example, we can now run code like this:
+
+::
+
+ # Function to print a double.
+ extern printd(x);
+
+ # Define ':' for sequencing: as a low-precedence operator that ignores operands
+ # and just returns the RHS.
+ def binary : 1 (x y) y;
+
+ def test(x)
+ printd(x) :
+ x = 4 :
+ printd(x);
+
+ test(123);
+
+When run, this example prints "123" and then "4", showing that we did
+actually mutate the value! Okay, we have now officially implemented our
+goal: getting this to work requires SSA construction in the general
+case. However, to be really useful, we want the ability to define our
+own local variables, lets add this next!
+
+User-defined Local Variables
+============================
+
+Adding var/in is just like any other other extensions we made to
+Kaleidoscope: we extend the lexer, the parser, the AST and the code
+generator. The first step for adding our new 'var/in' construct is to
+extend the lexer. As before, this is pretty trivial, the code looks like
+this:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ enum Token {
+ ...
+ // var definition
+ tok_var = -13
+ ...
+ }
+ ...
+ static int gettok() {
+ ...
+ if (IdentifierStr == "in") return tok_in;
+ if (IdentifierStr == "binary") return tok_binary;
+ if (IdentifierStr == "unary") return tok_unary;
+ if (IdentifierStr == "var") return tok_var;
+ return tok_identifier;
+ ...
+
+The next step is to define the AST node that we will construct. For
+var/in, it looks like this:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ /// VarExprAST - Expression class for var/in
+ class VarExprAST : public ExprAST {
+ std::vector<std::pair<std::string, ExprAST*> > VarNames;
+ ExprAST *Body;
+ public:
+ VarExprAST(const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, ExprAST*> > &varnames,
+ ExprAST *body)
+ : VarNames(varnames), Body(body) {}
+
+ virtual Value *Codegen();
+ };
+
+var/in allows a list of names to be defined all at once, and each name
+can optionally have an initializer value. As such, we capture this
+information in the VarNames vector. Also, var/in has a body, this body
+is allowed to access the variables defined by the var/in.
+
+With this in place, we can define the parser pieces. The first thing we
+do is add it as a primary expression:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ /// primary
+ /// ::= identifierexpr
+ /// ::= numberexpr
+ /// ::= parenexpr
+ /// ::= ifexpr
+ /// ::= forexpr
+ /// ::= varexpr
+ static ExprAST *ParsePrimary() {
+ switch (CurTok) {
+ default: return Error("unknown token when expecting an expression");
+ case tok_identifier: return ParseIdentifierExpr();
+ case tok_number: return ParseNumberExpr();
+ case '(': return ParseParenExpr();
+ case tok_if: return ParseIfExpr();
+ case tok_for: return ParseForExpr();
+ case tok_var: return ParseVarExpr();
+ }
+ }
+
+Next we define ParseVarExpr:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ /// varexpr ::= 'var' identifier ('=' expression)?
+ // (',' identifier ('=' expression)?)* 'in' expression
+ static ExprAST *ParseVarExpr() {
+ getNextToken(); // eat the var.
+
+ std::vector<std::pair<std::string, ExprAST*> > VarNames;
+
+ // At least one variable name is required.
+ if (CurTok != tok_identifier)
+ return Error("expected identifier after var");
+
+The first part of this code parses the list of identifier/expr pairs
+into the local ``VarNames`` vector.
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ while (1) {
+ std::string Name = IdentifierStr;
+ getNextToken(); // eat identifier.
+
+ // Read the optional initializer.
+ ExprAST *Init = 0;
+ if (CurTok == '=') {
+ getNextToken(); // eat the '='.
+
+ Init = ParseExpression();
+ if (Init == 0) return 0;
+ }
+
+ VarNames.push_back(std::make_pair(Name, Init));
+
+ // End of var list, exit loop.
+ if (CurTok != ',') break;
+ getNextToken(); // eat the ','.
+
+ if (CurTok != tok_identifier)
+ return Error("expected identifier list after var");
+ }
+
+Once all the variables are parsed, we then parse the body and create the
+AST node:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ // At this point, we have to have 'in'.
+ if (CurTok != tok_in)
+ return Error("expected 'in' keyword after 'var'");
+ getNextToken(); // eat 'in'.
+
+ ExprAST *Body = ParseExpression();
+ if (Body == 0) return 0;
+
+ return new VarExprAST(VarNames, Body);
+ }
+
+Now that we can parse and represent the code, we need to support
+emission of LLVM IR for it. This code starts out with:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ Value *VarExprAST::Codegen() {
+ std::vector<AllocaInst *> OldBindings;
+
+ Function *TheFunction = Builder.GetInsertBlock()->getParent();
+
+ // Register all variables and emit their initializer.
+ for (unsigned i = 0, e = VarNames.size(); i != e; ++i) {
+ const std::string &VarName = VarNames[i].first;
+ ExprAST *Init = VarNames[i].second;
+
+Basically it loops over all the variables, installing them one at a
+time. For each variable we put into the symbol table, we remember the
+previous value that we replace in OldBindings.
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ // Emit the initializer before adding the variable to scope, this prevents
+ // the initializer from referencing the variable itself, and permits stuff
+ // like this:
+ // var a = 1 in
+ // var a = a in ... # refers to outer 'a'.
+ Value *InitVal;
+ if (Init) {
+ InitVal = Init->Codegen();
+ if (InitVal == 0) return 0;
+ } else { // If not specified, use 0.0.
+ InitVal = ConstantFP::get(getGlobalContext(), APFloat(0.0));
+ }
+
+ AllocaInst *Alloca = CreateEntryBlockAlloca(TheFunction, VarName);
+ Builder.CreateStore(InitVal, Alloca);
+
+ // Remember the old variable binding so that we can restore the binding when
+ // we unrecurse.
+ OldBindings.push_back(NamedValues[VarName]);
+
+ // Remember this binding.
+ NamedValues[VarName] = Alloca;
+ }
+
+There are more comments here than code. The basic idea is that we emit
+the initializer, create the alloca, then update the symbol table to
+point to it. Once all the variables are installed in the symbol table,
+we evaluate the body of the var/in expression:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ // Codegen the body, now that all vars are in scope.
+ Value *BodyVal = Body->Codegen();
+ if (BodyVal == 0) return 0;
+
+Finally, before returning, we restore the previous variable bindings:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ // Pop all our variables from scope.
+ for (unsigned i = 0, e = VarNames.size(); i != e; ++i)
+ NamedValues[VarNames[i].first] = OldBindings[i];
+
+ // Return the body computation.
+ return BodyVal;
+ }
+
+The end result of all of this is that we get properly scoped variable
+definitions, and we even (trivially) allow mutation of them :).
+
+With this, we completed what we set out to do. Our nice iterative fib
+example from the intro compiles and runs just fine. The mem2reg pass
+optimizes all of our stack variables into SSA registers, inserting PHI
+nodes where needed, and our front-end remains simple: no "iterated
+dominance frontier" computation anywhere in sight.
+
+Full Code Listing
+=================
+
+Here is the complete code listing for our running example, enhanced with
+mutable variables and var/in support. To build this example, use:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ # Compile
+ clang++ -g toy.cpp `llvm-config --cppflags --ldflags --libs core jit native` -O3 -o toy
+ # Run
+ ./toy
+
+Here is the code:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ #include "llvm/DerivedTypes.h"
+ #include "llvm/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.h"
+ #include "llvm/ExecutionEngine/JIT.h"
+ #include "llvm/IRBuilder.h"
+ #include "llvm/LLVMContext.h"
+ #include "llvm/Module.h"
+ #include "llvm/PassManager.h"
+ #include "llvm/Analysis/Verifier.h"
+ #include "llvm/Analysis/Passes.h"
+ #include "llvm/DataLayout.h"
+ #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar.h"
+ #include "llvm/Support/TargetSelect.h"
+ #include <cstdio>
+ #include <string>
+ #include <map>
+ #include <vector>
+ using namespace llvm;
+
+ //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+ // Lexer
+ //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+ // The lexer returns tokens [0-255] if it is an unknown character, otherwise one
+ // of these for known things.
+ enum Token {
+ tok_eof = -1,
+
+ // commands
+ tok_def = -2, tok_extern = -3,
+
+ // primary
+ tok_identifier = -4, tok_number = -5,
+
+ // control
+ tok_if = -6, tok_then = -7, tok_else = -8,
+ tok_for = -9, tok_in = -10,
+
+ // operators
+ tok_binary = -11, tok_unary = -12,
+
+ // var definition
+ tok_var = -13
+ };
+
+ static std::string IdentifierStr; // Filled in if tok_identifier
+ static double NumVal; // Filled in if tok_number
+
+ /// gettok - Return the next token from standard input.
+ static int gettok() {
+ static int LastChar = ' ';
+
+ // Skip any whitespace.
+ while (isspace(LastChar))
+ LastChar = getchar();
+
+ if (isalpha(LastChar)) { // identifier: [a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*
+ IdentifierStr = LastChar;
+ while (isalnum((LastChar = getchar())))
+ IdentifierStr += LastChar;
+
+ if (IdentifierStr == "def") return tok_def;
+ if (IdentifierStr == "extern") return tok_extern;
+ if (IdentifierStr == "if") return tok_if;
+ if (IdentifierStr == "then") return tok_then;
+ if (IdentifierStr == "else") return tok_else;
+ if (IdentifierStr == "for") return tok_for;
+ if (IdentifierStr == "in") return tok_in;
+ if (IdentifierStr == "binary") return tok_binary;
+ if (IdentifierStr == "unary") return tok_unary;
+ if (IdentifierStr == "var") return tok_var;
+ return tok_identifier;
+ }
+
+ if (isdigit(LastChar) || LastChar == '.') { // Number: [0-9.]+
+ std::string NumStr;
+ do {
+ NumStr += LastChar;
+ LastChar = getchar();
+ } while (isdigit(LastChar) || LastChar == '.');
+
+ NumVal = strtod(NumStr.c_str(), 0);
+ return tok_number;
+ }
+
+ if (LastChar == '#') {
+ // Comment until end of line.
+ do LastChar = getchar();
+ while (LastChar != EOF && LastChar != '\n' && LastChar != '\r');
+
+ if (LastChar != EOF)
+ return gettok();
+ }
+
+ // Check for end of file. Don't eat the EOF.
+ if (LastChar == EOF)
+ return tok_eof;
+
+ // Otherwise, just return the character as its ascii value.
+ int ThisChar = LastChar;
+ LastChar = getchar();
+ return ThisChar;
+ }
+
+ //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+ // Abstract Syntax Tree (aka Parse Tree)
+ //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+ /// ExprAST - Base class for all expression nodes.
+ class ExprAST {
+ public:
+ virtual ~ExprAST() {}
+ virtual Value *Codegen() = 0;
+ };
+
+ /// NumberExprAST - Expression class for numeric literals like "1.0".
+ class NumberExprAST : public ExprAST {
+ double Val;
+ public:
+ NumberExprAST(double val) : Val(val) {}
+ virtual Value *Codegen();
+ };
+
+ /// VariableExprAST - Expression class for referencing a variable, like "a".
+ class VariableExprAST : public ExprAST {
+ std::string Name;
+ public:
+ VariableExprAST(const std::string &name) : Name(name) {}
+ const std::string &getName() const { return Name; }
+ virtual Value *Codegen();
+ };
+
+ /// UnaryExprAST - Expression class for a unary operator.
+ class UnaryExprAST : public ExprAST {
+ char Opcode;
+ ExprAST *Operand;
+ public:
+ UnaryExprAST(char opcode, ExprAST *operand)
+ : Opcode(opcode), Operand(operand) {}
+ virtual Value *Codegen();
+ };
+
+ /// BinaryExprAST - Expression class for a binary operator.
+ class BinaryExprAST : public ExprAST {
+ char Op;
+ ExprAST *LHS, *RHS;
+ public:
+ BinaryExprAST(char op, ExprAST *lhs, ExprAST *rhs)
+ : Op(op), LHS(lhs), RHS(rhs) {}
+ virtual Value *Codegen();
+ };
+
+ /// CallExprAST - Expression class for function calls.
+ class CallExprAST : public ExprAST {
+ std::string Callee;
+ std::vector<ExprAST*> Args;
+ public:
+ CallExprAST(const std::string &callee, std::vector<ExprAST*> &args)
+ : Callee(callee), Args(args) {}
+ virtual Value *Codegen();
+ };
+
+ /// IfExprAST - Expression class for if/then/else.
+ class IfExprAST : public ExprAST {
+ ExprAST *Cond, *Then, *Else;
+ public:
+ IfExprAST(ExprAST *cond, ExprAST *then, ExprAST *_else)
+ : Cond(cond), Then(then), Else(_else) {}
+ virtual Value *Codegen();
+ };
+
+ /// ForExprAST - Expression class for for/in.
+ class ForExprAST : public ExprAST {
+ std::string VarName;
+ ExprAST *Start, *End, *Step, *Body;
+ public:
+ ForExprAST(const std::string &varname, ExprAST *start, ExprAST *end,
+ ExprAST *step, ExprAST *body)
+ : VarName(varname), Start(start), End(end), Step(step), Body(body) {}
+ virtual Value *Codegen();
+ };
+
+ /// VarExprAST - Expression class for var/in
+ class VarExprAST : public ExprAST {
+ std::vector<std::pair<std::string, ExprAST*> > VarNames;
+ ExprAST *Body;
+ public:
+ VarExprAST(const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, ExprAST*> > &varnames,
+ ExprAST *body)
+ : VarNames(varnames), Body(body) {}
+
+ virtual Value *Codegen();
+ };
+
+ /// PrototypeAST - This class represents the "prototype" for a function,
+ /// which captures its name, and its argument names (thus implicitly the number
+ /// of arguments the function takes), as well as if it is an operator.
+ class PrototypeAST {
+ std::string Name;
+ std::vector<std::string> Args;
+ bool isOperator;
+ unsigned Precedence; // Precedence if a binary op.
+ public:
+ PrototypeAST(const std::string &name, const std::vector<std::string> &args,
+ bool isoperator = false, unsigned prec = 0)
+ : Name(name), Args(args), isOperator(isoperator), Precedence(prec) {}
+
+ bool isUnaryOp() const { return isOperator && Args.size() == 1; }
+ bool isBinaryOp() const { return isOperator && Args.size() == 2; }
+
+ char getOperatorName() const {
+ assert(isUnaryOp() || isBinaryOp());
+ return Name[Name.size()-1];
+ }
+
+ unsigned getBinaryPrecedence() const { return Precedence; }
+
+ Function *Codegen();
+
+ void CreateArgumentAllocas(Function *F);
+ };
+
+ /// FunctionAST - This class represents a function definition itself.
+ class FunctionAST {
+ PrototypeAST *Proto;
+ ExprAST *Body;
+ public:
+ FunctionAST(PrototypeAST *proto, ExprAST *body)
+ : Proto(proto), Body(body) {}
+
+ Function *Codegen();
+ };
+
+ //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+ // Parser
+ //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+ /// CurTok/getNextToken - Provide a simple token buffer. CurTok is the current
+ /// token the parser is looking at. getNextToken reads another token from the
+ /// lexer and updates CurTok with its results.
+ static int CurTok;
+ static int getNextToken() {
+ return CurTok = gettok();
+ }
+
+ /// BinopPrecedence - This holds the precedence for each binary operator that is
+ /// defined.
+ static std::map<char, int> BinopPrecedence;
+
+ /// GetTokPrecedence - Get the precedence of the pending binary operator token.
+ static int GetTokPrecedence() {
+ if (!isascii(CurTok))
+ return -1;
+
+ // Make sure it's a declared binop.
+ int TokPrec = BinopPrecedence[CurTok];
+ if (TokPrec <= 0) return -1;
+ return TokPrec;
+ }
+
+ /// Error* - These are little helper functions for error handling.
+ ExprAST *Error(const char *Str) { fprintf(stderr, "Error: %s\n", Str);return 0;}
+ PrototypeAST *ErrorP(const char *Str) { Error(Str); return 0; }
+ FunctionAST *ErrorF(const char *Str) { Error(Str); return 0; }
+
+ static ExprAST *ParseExpression();
+
+ /// identifierexpr
+ /// ::= identifier
+ /// ::= identifier '(' expression* ')'
+ static ExprAST *ParseIdentifierExpr() {
+ std::string IdName = IdentifierStr;
+
+ getNextToken(); // eat identifier.
+
+ if (CurTok != '(') // Simple variable ref.
+ return new VariableExprAST(IdName);
+
+ // Call.
+ getNextToken(); // eat (
+ std::vector<ExprAST*> Args;
+ if (CurTok != ')') {
+ while (1) {
+ ExprAST *Arg = ParseExpression();
+ if (!Arg) return 0;
+ Args.push_back(Arg);
+
+ if (CurTok == ')') break;
+
+ if (CurTok != ',')
+ return Error("Expected ')' or ',' in argument list");
+ getNextToken();
+ }
+ }
+
+ // Eat the ')'.
+ getNextToken();
+
+ return new CallExprAST(IdName, Args);
+ }
+
+ /// numberexpr ::= number
+ static ExprAST *ParseNumberExpr() {
+ ExprAST *Result = new NumberExprAST(NumVal);
+ getNextToken(); // consume the number
+ return Result;
+ }
+
+ /// parenexpr ::= '(' expression ')'
+ static ExprAST *ParseParenExpr() {
+ getNextToken(); // eat (.
+ ExprAST *V = ParseExpression();
+ if (!V) return 0;
+
+ if (CurTok != ')')
+ return Error("expected ')'");
+ getNextToken(); // eat ).
+ return V;
+ }
+
+ /// ifexpr ::= 'if' expression 'then' expression 'else' expression
+ static ExprAST *ParseIfExpr() {
+ getNextToken(); // eat the if.
+
+ // condition.
+ ExprAST *Cond = ParseExpression();
+ if (!Cond) return 0;
+
+ if (CurTok != tok_then)
+ return Error("expected then");
+ getNextToken(); // eat the then
+
+ ExprAST *Then = ParseExpression();
+ if (Then == 0) return 0;
+
+ if (CurTok != tok_else)
+ return Error("expected else");
+
+ getNextToken();
+
+ ExprAST *Else = ParseExpression();
+ if (!Else) return 0;
+
+ return new IfExprAST(Cond, Then, Else);
+ }
+
+ /// forexpr ::= 'for' identifier '=' expr ',' expr (',' expr)? 'in' expression
+ static ExprAST *ParseForExpr() {
+ getNextToken(); // eat the for.
+
+ if (CurTok != tok_identifier)
+ return Error("expected identifier after for");
+
+ std::string IdName = IdentifierStr;
+ getNextToken(); // eat identifier.
+
+ if (CurTok != '=')
+ return Error("expected '=' after for");
+ getNextToken(); // eat '='.
+
+
+ ExprAST *Start = ParseExpression();
+ if (Start == 0) return 0;
+ if (CurTok != ',')
+ return Error("expected ',' after for start value");
+ getNextToken();
+
+ ExprAST *End = ParseExpression();
+ if (End == 0) return 0;
+
+ // The step value is optional.
+ ExprAST *Step = 0;
+ if (CurTok == ',') {
+ getNextToken();
+ Step = ParseExpression();
+ if (Step == 0) return 0;
+ }
+
+ if (CurTok != tok_in)
+ return Error("expected 'in' after for");
+ getNextToken(); // eat 'in'.
+
+ ExprAST *Body = ParseExpression();
+ if (Body == 0) return 0;
+
+ return new ForExprAST(IdName, Start, End, Step, Body);
+ }
+
+ /// varexpr ::= 'var' identifier ('=' expression)?
+ // (',' identifier ('=' expression)?)* 'in' expression
+ static ExprAST *ParseVarExpr() {
+ getNextToken(); // eat the var.
+
+ std::vector<std::pair<std::string, ExprAST*> > VarNames;
+
+ // At least one variable name is required.
+ if (CurTok != tok_identifier)
+ return Error("expected identifier after var");
+
+ while (1) {
+ std::string Name = IdentifierStr;
+ getNextToken(); // eat identifier.
+
+ // Read the optional initializer.
+ ExprAST *Init = 0;
+ if (CurTok == '=') {
+ getNextToken(); // eat the '='.
+
+ Init = ParseExpression();
+ if (Init == 0) return 0;
+ }
+
+ VarNames.push_back(std::make_pair(Name, Init));
+
+ // End of var list, exit loop.
+ if (CurTok != ',') break;
+ getNextToken(); // eat the ','.
+
+ if (CurTok != tok_identifier)
+ return Error("expected identifier list after var");
+ }
+
+ // At this point, we have to have 'in'.
+ if (CurTok != tok_in)
+ return Error("expected 'in' keyword after 'var'");
+ getNextToken(); // eat 'in'.
+
+ ExprAST *Body = ParseExpression();
+ if (Body == 0) return 0;
+
+ return new VarExprAST(VarNames, Body);
+ }
+
+ /// primary
+ /// ::= identifierexpr
+ /// ::= numberexpr
+ /// ::= parenexpr
+ /// ::= ifexpr
+ /// ::= forexpr
+ /// ::= varexpr
+ static ExprAST *ParsePrimary() {
+ switch (CurTok) {
+ default: return Error("unknown token when expecting an expression");
+ case tok_identifier: return ParseIdentifierExpr();
+ case tok_number: return ParseNumberExpr();
+ case '(': return ParseParenExpr();
+ case tok_if: return ParseIfExpr();
+ case tok_for: return ParseForExpr();
+ case tok_var: return ParseVarExpr();
+ }
+ }
+
+ /// unary
+ /// ::= primary
+ /// ::= '!' unary
+ static ExprAST *ParseUnary() {
+ // If the current token is not an operator, it must be a primary expr.
+ if (!isascii(CurTok) || CurTok == '(' || CurTok == ',')
+ return ParsePrimary();
+
+ // If this is a unary operator, read it.
+ int Opc = CurTok;
+ getNextToken();
+ if (ExprAST *Operand = ParseUnary())
+ return new UnaryExprAST(Opc, Operand);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ /// binoprhs
+ /// ::= ('+' unary)*
+ static ExprAST *ParseBinOpRHS(int ExprPrec, ExprAST *LHS) {
+ // If this is a binop, find its precedence.
+ while (1) {
+ int TokPrec = GetTokPrecedence();
+
+ // If this is a binop that binds at least as tightly as the current binop,
+ // consume it, otherwise we are done.
+ if (TokPrec < ExprPrec)
+ return LHS;
+
+ // Okay, we know this is a binop.
+ int BinOp = CurTok;
+ getNextToken(); // eat binop
+
+ // Parse the unary expression after the binary operator.
+ ExprAST *RHS = ParseUnary();
+ if (!RHS) return 0;
+
+ // If BinOp binds less tightly with RHS than the operator after RHS, let
+ // the pending operator take RHS as its LHS.
+ int NextPrec = GetTokPrecedence();
+ if (TokPrec < NextPrec) {
+ RHS = ParseBinOpRHS(TokPrec+1, RHS);
+ if (RHS == 0) return 0;
+ }
+
+ // Merge LHS/RHS.
+ LHS = new BinaryExprAST(BinOp, LHS, RHS);
+ }
+ }
+
+ /// expression
+ /// ::= unary binoprhs
+ ///
+ static ExprAST *ParseExpression() {
+ ExprAST *LHS = ParseUnary();
+ if (!LHS) return 0;
+
+ return ParseBinOpRHS(0, LHS);
+ }
+
+ /// prototype
+ /// ::= id '(' id* ')'
+ /// ::= binary LETTER number? (id, id)
+ /// ::= unary LETTER (id)
+ static PrototypeAST *ParsePrototype() {
+ std::string FnName;
+
+ unsigned Kind = 0; // 0 = identifier, 1 = unary, 2 = binary.
+ unsigned BinaryPrecedence = 30;
+
+ switch (CurTok) {
+ default:
+ return ErrorP("Expected function name in prototype");
+ case tok_identifier:
+ FnName = IdentifierStr;
+ Kind = 0;
+ getNextToken();
+ break;
+ case tok_unary:
+ getNextToken();
+ if (!isascii(CurTok))
+ return ErrorP("Expected unary operator");
+ FnName = "unary";
+ FnName += (char)CurTok;
+ Kind = 1;
+ getNextToken();
+ break;
+ case tok_binary:
+ getNextToken();
+ if (!isascii(CurTok))
+ return ErrorP("Expected binary operator");
+ FnName = "binary";
+ FnName += (char)CurTok;
+ Kind = 2;
+ getNextToken();
+
+ // Read the precedence if present.
+ if (CurTok == tok_number) {
+ if (NumVal < 1 || NumVal > 100)
+ return ErrorP("Invalid precedecnce: must be 1..100");
+ BinaryPrecedence = (unsigned)NumVal;
+ getNextToken();
+ }
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (CurTok != '(')
+ return ErrorP("Expected '(' in prototype");
+
+ std::vector<std::string> ArgNames;
+ while (getNextToken() == tok_identifier)
+ ArgNames.push_back(IdentifierStr);
+ if (CurTok != ')')
+ return ErrorP("Expected ')' in prototype");
+
+ // success.
+ getNextToken(); // eat ')'.
+
+ // Verify right number of names for operator.
+ if (Kind && ArgNames.size() != Kind)
+ return ErrorP("Invalid number of operands for operator");
+
+ return new PrototypeAST(FnName, ArgNames, Kind != 0, BinaryPrecedence);
+ }
+
+ /// definition ::= 'def' prototype expression
+ static FunctionAST *ParseDefinition() {
+ getNextToken(); // eat def.
+ PrototypeAST *Proto = ParsePrototype();
+ if (Proto == 0) return 0;
+
+ if (ExprAST *E = ParseExpression())
+ return new FunctionAST(Proto, E);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ /// toplevelexpr ::= expression
+ static FunctionAST *ParseTopLevelExpr() {
+ if (ExprAST *E = ParseExpression()) {
+ // Make an anonymous proto.
+ PrototypeAST *Proto = new PrototypeAST("", std::vector<std::string>());
+ return new FunctionAST(Proto, E);
+ }
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ /// external ::= 'extern' prototype
+ static PrototypeAST *ParseExtern() {
+ getNextToken(); // eat extern.
+ return ParsePrototype();
+ }
+
+ //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+ // Code Generation
+ //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+ static Module *TheModule;
+ static IRBuilder<> Builder(getGlobalContext());
+ static std::map<std::string, AllocaInst*> NamedValues;
+ static FunctionPassManager *TheFPM;
+
+ Value *ErrorV(const char *Str) { Error(Str); return 0; }
+
+ /// CreateEntryBlockAlloca - Create an alloca instruction in the entry block of
+ /// the function. This is used for mutable variables etc.
+ static AllocaInst *CreateEntryBlockAlloca(Function *TheFunction,
+ const std::string &VarName) {
+ IRBuilder<> TmpB(&TheFunction->getEntryBlock(),
+ TheFunction->getEntryBlock().begin());
+ return TmpB.CreateAlloca(Type::getDoubleTy(getGlobalContext()), 0,
+ VarName.c_str());
+ }
+
+ Value *NumberExprAST::Codegen() {
+ return ConstantFP::get(getGlobalContext(), APFloat(Val));
+ }
+
+ Value *VariableExprAST::Codegen() {
+ // Look this variable up in the function.
+ Value *V = NamedValues[Name];
+ if (V == 0) return ErrorV("Unknown variable name");
+
+ // Load the value.
+ return Builder.CreateLoad(V, Name.c_str());
+ }
+
+ Value *UnaryExprAST::Codegen() {
+ Value *OperandV = Operand->Codegen();
+ if (OperandV == 0) return 0;
+
+ Function *F = TheModule->getFunction(std::string("unary")+Opcode);
+ if (F == 0)
+ return ErrorV("Unknown unary operator");
+
+ return Builder.CreateCall(F, OperandV, "unop");
+ }
+
+ Value *BinaryExprAST::Codegen() {
+ // Special case '=' because we don't want to emit the LHS as an expression.
+ if (Op == '=') {
+ // Assignment requires the LHS to be an identifier.
+ VariableExprAST *LHSE = dynamic_cast<VariableExprAST*>(LHS);
+ if (!LHSE)
+ return ErrorV("destination of '=' must be a variable");
+ // Codegen the RHS.
+ Value *Val = RHS->Codegen();
+ if (Val == 0) return 0;
+
+ // Look up the name.
+ Value *Variable = NamedValues[LHSE->getName()];
+ if (Variable == 0) return ErrorV("Unknown variable name");
+
+ Builder.CreateStore(Val, Variable);
+ return Val;
+ }
+
+ Value *L = LHS->Codegen();
+ Value *R = RHS->Codegen();
+ if (L == 0 || R == 0) return 0;
+
+ switch (Op) {
+ case '+': return Builder.CreateFAdd(L, R, "addtmp");
+ case '-': return Builder.CreateFSub(L, R, "subtmp");
+ case '*': return Builder.CreateFMul(L, R, "multmp");
+ case '<':
+ L = Builder.CreateFCmpULT(L, R, "cmptmp");
+ // Convert bool 0/1 to double 0.0 or 1.0
+ return Builder.CreateUIToFP(L, Type::getDoubleTy(getGlobalContext()),
+ "booltmp");
+ default: break;
+ }
+
+ // If it wasn't a builtin binary operator, it must be a user defined one. Emit
+ // a call to it.
+ Function *F = TheModule->getFunction(std::string("binary")+Op);
+ assert(F && "binary operator not found!");
+
+ Value *Ops[2] = { L, R };
+ return Builder.CreateCall(F, Ops, "binop");
+ }
+
+ Value *CallExprAST::Codegen() {
+ // Look up the name in the global module table.
+ Function *CalleeF = TheModule->getFunction(Callee);
+ if (CalleeF == 0)
+ return ErrorV("Unknown function referenced");
+
+ // If argument mismatch error.
+ if (CalleeF->arg_size() != Args.size())
+ return ErrorV("Incorrect # arguments passed");
+
+ std::vector<Value*> ArgsV;
+ for (unsigned i = 0, e = Args.size(); i != e; ++i) {
+ ArgsV.push_back(Args[i]->Codegen());
+ if (ArgsV.back() == 0) return 0;
+ }
+
+ return Builder.CreateCall(CalleeF, ArgsV, "calltmp");
+ }
+
+ Value *IfExprAST::Codegen() {
+ Value *CondV = Cond->Codegen();
+ if (CondV == 0) return 0;
+
+ // Convert condition to a bool by comparing equal to 0.0.
+ CondV = Builder.CreateFCmpONE(CondV,
+ ConstantFP::get(getGlobalContext(), APFloat(0.0)),
+ "ifcond");
+
+ Function *TheFunction = Builder.GetInsertBlock()->getParent();
+
+ // Create blocks for the then and else cases. Insert the 'then' block at the
+ // end of the function.
+ BasicBlock *ThenBB = BasicBlock::Create(getGlobalContext(), "then", TheFunction);
+ BasicBlock *ElseBB = BasicBlock::Create(getGlobalContext(), "else");
+ BasicBlock *MergeBB = BasicBlock::Create(getGlobalContext(), "ifcont");
+
+ Builder.CreateCondBr(CondV, ThenBB, ElseBB);
+
+ // Emit then value.
+ Builder.SetInsertPoint(ThenBB);
+
+ Value *ThenV = Then->Codegen();
+ if (ThenV == 0) return 0;
+
+ Builder.CreateBr(MergeBB);
+ // Codegen of 'Then' can change the current block, update ThenBB for the PHI.
+ ThenBB = Builder.GetInsertBlock();
+
+ // Emit else block.
+ TheFunction->getBasicBlockList().push_back(ElseBB);
+ Builder.SetInsertPoint(ElseBB);
+
+ Value *ElseV = Else->Codegen();
+ if (ElseV == 0) return 0;
+
+ Builder.CreateBr(MergeBB);
+ // Codegen of 'Else' can change the current block, update ElseBB for the PHI.
+ ElseBB = Builder.GetInsertBlock();
+
+ // Emit merge block.
+ TheFunction->getBasicBlockList().push_back(MergeBB);
+ Builder.SetInsertPoint(MergeBB);
+ PHINode *PN = Builder.CreatePHI(Type::getDoubleTy(getGlobalContext()), 2,
+ "iftmp");
+
+ PN->addIncoming(ThenV, ThenBB);
+ PN->addIncoming(ElseV, ElseBB);
+ return PN;
+ }
+
+ Value *ForExprAST::Codegen() {
+ // Output this as:
+ // var = alloca double
+ // ...
+ // start = startexpr
+ // store start -> var
+ // goto loop
+ // loop:
+ // ...
+ // bodyexpr
+ // ...
+ // loopend:
+ // step = stepexpr
+ // endcond = endexpr
+ //
+ // curvar = load var
+ // nextvar = curvar + step
+ // store nextvar -> var
+ // br endcond, loop, endloop
+ // outloop:
+
+ Function *TheFunction = Builder.GetInsertBlock()->getParent();
+
+ // Create an alloca for the variable in the entry block.
+ AllocaInst *Alloca = CreateEntryBlockAlloca(TheFunction, VarName);
+
+ // Emit the start code first, without 'variable' in scope.
+ Value *StartVal = Start->Codegen();
+ if (StartVal == 0) return 0;
+
+ // Store the value into the alloca.
+ Builder.CreateStore(StartVal, Alloca);
+
+ // Make the new basic block for the loop header, inserting after current
+ // block.
+ BasicBlock *LoopBB = BasicBlock::Create(getGlobalContext(), "loop", TheFunction);
+
+ // Insert an explicit fall through from the current block to the LoopBB.
+ Builder.CreateBr(LoopBB);
+
+ // Start insertion in LoopBB.
+ Builder.SetInsertPoint(LoopBB);
+
+ // Within the loop, the variable is defined equal to the PHI node. If it
+ // shadows an existing variable, we have to restore it, so save it now.
+ AllocaInst *OldVal = NamedValues[VarName];
+ NamedValues[VarName] = Alloca;
+
+ // Emit the body of the loop. This, like any other expr, can change the
+ // current BB. Note that we ignore the value computed by the body, but don't
+ // allow an error.
+ if (Body->Codegen() == 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ // Emit the step value.
+ Value *StepVal;
+ if (Step) {
+ StepVal = Step->Codegen();
+ if (StepVal == 0) return 0;
+ } else {
+ // If not specified, use 1.0.
+ StepVal = ConstantFP::get(getGlobalContext(), APFloat(1.0));
+ }
+
+ // Compute the end condition.
+ Value *EndCond = End->Codegen();
+ if (EndCond == 0) return EndCond;
+
+ // Reload, increment, and restore the alloca. This handles the case where
+ // the body of the loop mutates the variable.
+ Value *CurVar = Builder.CreateLoad(Alloca, VarName.c_str());
+ Value *NextVar = Builder.CreateFAdd(CurVar, StepVal, "nextvar");
+ Builder.CreateStore(NextVar, Alloca);
+
+ // Convert condition to a bool by comparing equal to 0.0.
+ EndCond = Builder.CreateFCmpONE(EndCond,
+ ConstantFP::get(getGlobalContext(), APFloat(0.0)),
+ "loopcond");
+
+ // Create the "after loop" block and insert it.
+ BasicBlock *AfterBB = BasicBlock::Create(getGlobalContext(), "afterloop", TheFunction);
+
+ // Insert the conditional branch into the end of LoopEndBB.
+ Builder.CreateCondBr(EndCond, LoopBB, AfterBB);
+
+ // Any new code will be inserted in AfterBB.
+ Builder.SetInsertPoint(AfterBB);
+
+ // Restore the unshadowed variable.
+ if (OldVal)
+ NamedValues[VarName] = OldVal;
+ else
+ NamedValues.erase(VarName);
+
+
+ // for expr always returns 0.0.
+ return Constant::getNullValue(Type::getDoubleTy(getGlobalContext()));
+ }
+
+ Value *VarExprAST::Codegen() {
+ std::vector<AllocaInst *> OldBindings;
+
+ Function *TheFunction = Builder.GetInsertBlock()->getParent();
+
+ // Register all variables and emit their initializer.
+ for (unsigned i = 0, e = VarNames.size(); i != e; ++i) {
+ const std::string &VarName = VarNames[i].first;
+ ExprAST *Init = VarNames[i].second;
+
+ // Emit the initializer before adding the variable to scope, this prevents
+ // the initializer from referencing the variable itself, and permits stuff
+ // like this:
+ // var a = 1 in
+ // var a = a in ... # refers to outer 'a'.
+ Value *InitVal;
+ if (Init) {
+ InitVal = Init->Codegen();
+ if (InitVal == 0) return 0;
+ } else { // If not specified, use 0.0.
+ InitVal = ConstantFP::get(getGlobalContext(), APFloat(0.0));
+ }
+
+ AllocaInst *Alloca = CreateEntryBlockAlloca(TheFunction, VarName);
+ Builder.CreateStore(InitVal, Alloca);
+
+ // Remember the old variable binding so that we can restore the binding when
+ // we unrecurse.
+ OldBindings.push_back(NamedValues[VarName]);
+
+ // Remember this binding.
+ NamedValues[VarName] = Alloca;
+ }
+
+ // Codegen the body, now that all vars are in scope.
+ Value *BodyVal = Body->Codegen();
+ if (BodyVal == 0) return 0;
+
+ // Pop all our variables from scope.
+ for (unsigned i = 0, e = VarNames.size(); i != e; ++i)
+ NamedValues[VarNames[i].first] = OldBindings[i];
+
+ // Return the body computation.
+ return BodyVal;
+ }
+
+ Function *PrototypeAST::Codegen() {
+ // Make the function type: double(double,double) etc.
+ std::vector<Type*> Doubles(Args.size(),
+ Type::getDoubleTy(getGlobalContext()));
+ FunctionType *FT = FunctionType::get(Type::getDoubleTy(getGlobalContext()),
+ Doubles, false);
+
+ Function *F = Function::Create(FT, Function::ExternalLinkage, Name, TheModule);
+
+ // If F conflicted, there was already something named 'Name'. If it has a
+ // body, don't allow redefinition or reextern.
+ if (F->getName() != Name) {
+ // Delete the one we just made and get the existing one.
+ F->eraseFromParent();
+ F = TheModule->getFunction(Name);
+
+ // If F already has a body, reject this.
+ if (!F->empty()) {
+ ErrorF("redefinition of function");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ // If F took a different number of args, reject.
+ if (F->arg_size() != Args.size()) {
+ ErrorF("redefinition of function with different # args");
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+
+ // Set names for all arguments.
+ unsigned Idx = 0;
+ for (Function::arg_iterator AI = F->arg_begin(); Idx != Args.size();
+ ++AI, ++Idx)
+ AI->setName(Args[Idx]);
+
+ return F;
+ }
+
+ /// CreateArgumentAllocas - Create an alloca for each argument and register the
+ /// argument in the symbol table so that references to it will succeed.
+ void PrototypeAST::CreateArgumentAllocas(Function *F) {
+ Function::arg_iterator AI = F->arg_begin();
+ for (unsigned Idx = 0, e = Args.size(); Idx != e; ++Idx, ++AI) {
+ // Create an alloca for this variable.
+ AllocaInst *Alloca = CreateEntryBlockAlloca(F, Args[Idx]);
+
+ // Store the initial value into the alloca.
+ Builder.CreateStore(AI, Alloca);
+
+ // Add arguments to variable symbol table.
+ NamedValues[Args[Idx]] = Alloca;
+ }
+ }
+
+ Function *FunctionAST::Codegen() {
+ NamedValues.clear();
+
+ Function *TheFunction = Proto->Codegen();
+ if (TheFunction == 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ // If this is an operator, install it.
+ if (Proto->isBinaryOp())
+ BinopPrecedence[Proto->getOperatorName()] = Proto->getBinaryPrecedence();
+
+ // Create a new basic block to start insertion into.
+ BasicBlock *BB = BasicBlock::Create(getGlobalContext(), "entry", TheFunction);
+ Builder.SetInsertPoint(BB);
+
+ // Add all arguments to the symbol table and create their allocas.
+ Proto->CreateArgumentAllocas(TheFunction);
+
+ if (Value *RetVal = Body->Codegen()) {
+ // Finish off the function.
+ Builder.CreateRet(RetVal);
+
+ // Validate the generated code, checking for consistency.
+ verifyFunction(*TheFunction);
+
+ // Optimize the function.
+ TheFPM->run(*TheFunction);
+
+ return TheFunction;
+ }
+
+ // Error reading body, remove function.
+ TheFunction->eraseFromParent();
+
+ if (Proto->isBinaryOp())
+ BinopPrecedence.erase(Proto->getOperatorName());
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+ // Top-Level parsing and JIT Driver
+ //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+ static ExecutionEngine *TheExecutionEngine;
+
+ static void HandleDefinition() {
+ if (FunctionAST *F = ParseDefinition()) {
+ if (Function *LF = F->Codegen()) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Read function definition:");
+ LF->dump();
+ }
+ } else {
+ // Skip token for error recovery.
+ getNextToken();
+ }
+ }
+
+ static void HandleExtern() {
+ if (PrototypeAST *P = ParseExtern()) {
+ if (Function *F = P->Codegen()) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Read extern: ");
+ F->dump();
+ }
+ } else {
+ // Skip token for error recovery.
+ getNextToken();
+ }
+ }
+
+ static void HandleTopLevelExpression() {
+ // Evaluate a top-level expression into an anonymous function.
+ if (FunctionAST *F = ParseTopLevelExpr()) {
+ if (Function *LF = F->Codegen()) {
+ // JIT the function, returning a function pointer.
+ void *FPtr = TheExecutionEngine->getPointerToFunction(LF);
+
+ // Cast it to the right type (takes no arguments, returns a double) so we
+ // can call it as a native function.
+ double (*FP)() = (double (*)())(intptr_t)FPtr;
+ fprintf(stderr, "Evaluated to %f\n", FP());
+ }
+ } else {
+ // Skip token for error recovery.
+ getNextToken();
+ }
+ }
+
+ /// top ::= definition | external | expression | ';'
+ static void MainLoop() {
+ while (1) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "ready> ");
+ switch (CurTok) {
+ case tok_eof: return;
+ case ';': getNextToken(); break; // ignore top-level semicolons.
+ case tok_def: HandleDefinition(); break;
+ case tok_extern: HandleExtern(); break;
+ default: HandleTopLevelExpression(); break;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+ // "Library" functions that can be "extern'd" from user code.
+ //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+ /// putchard - putchar that takes a double and returns 0.
+ extern "C"
+ double putchard(double X) {
+ putchar((char)X);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ /// printd - printf that takes a double prints it as "%f\n", returning 0.
+ extern "C"
+ double printd(double X) {
+ printf("%f\n", X);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+ // Main driver code.
+ //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+ int main() {
+ InitializeNativeTarget();
+ LLVMContext &Context = getGlobalContext();
+
+ // Install standard binary operators.
+ // 1 is lowest precedence.
+ BinopPrecedence['='] = 2;
+ BinopPrecedence['<'] = 10;
+ BinopPrecedence['+'] = 20;
+ BinopPrecedence['-'] = 20;
+ BinopPrecedence['*'] = 40; // highest.
+
+ // Prime the first token.
+ fprintf(stderr, "ready> ");
+ getNextToken();
+
+ // Make the module, which holds all the code.
+ TheModule = new Module("my cool jit", Context);
+
+ // Create the JIT. This takes ownership of the module.
+ std::string ErrStr;
+ TheExecutionEngine = EngineBuilder(TheModule).setErrorStr(&ErrStr).create();
+ if (!TheExecutionEngine) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Could not create ExecutionEngine: %s\n", ErrStr.c_str());
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ FunctionPassManager OurFPM(TheModule);
+
+ // Set up the optimizer pipeline. Start with registering info about how the
+ // target lays out data structures.
+ OurFPM.add(new DataLayout(*TheExecutionEngine->getDataLayout()));
+ // Provide basic AliasAnalysis support for GVN.
+ OurFPM.add(createBasicAliasAnalysisPass());
+ // Promote allocas to registers.
+ OurFPM.add(createPromoteMemoryToRegisterPass());
+ // Do simple "peephole" optimizations and bit-twiddling optzns.
+ OurFPM.add(createInstructionCombiningPass());
+ // Reassociate expressions.
+ OurFPM.add(createReassociatePass());
+ // Eliminate Common SubExpressions.
+ OurFPM.add(createGVNPass());
+ // Simplify the control flow graph (deleting unreachable blocks, etc).
+ OurFPM.add(createCFGSimplificationPass());
+
+ OurFPM.doInitialization();
+
+ // Set the global so the code gen can use this.
+ TheFPM = &OurFPM;
+
+ // Run the main "interpreter loop" now.
+ MainLoop();
+
+ TheFPM = 0;
+
+ // Print out all of the generated code.
+ TheModule->dump();
+
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+`Next: Conclusion and other useful LLVM tidbits <LangImpl8.html>`_
+