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|   <title>Kaleidoscope: Extending the Language: Control Flow</title>
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|   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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|   <meta name="author" content="Chris Lattner">
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|   <meta name="author" content="Erick Tryzelaar">
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|   <link rel="stylesheet" href="../llvm.css" type="text/css">
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| </head>
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| <body>
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| 
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| <h1>Kaleidoscope: Extending the Language: Control Flow</h1>
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| 
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| <ul>
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| <li><a href="index.html">Up to Tutorial Index</a></li>
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| <li>Chapter 5
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|   <ol>
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|     <li><a href="#intro">Chapter 5 Introduction</a></li>
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|     <li><a href="#ifthen">If/Then/Else</a>
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|     <ol>
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|       <li><a href="#iflexer">Lexer Extensions</a></li>
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|       <li><a href="#ifast">AST Extensions</a></li>
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|       <li><a href="#ifparser">Parser Extensions</a></li>
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|       <li><a href="#ifir">LLVM IR</a></li>
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|       <li><a href="#ifcodegen">Code Generation</a></li>
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|     </ol>
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|     </li>
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|     <li><a href="#for">'for' Loop Expression</a>
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|     <ol>
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|       <li><a href="#forlexer">Lexer Extensions</a></li>
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|       <li><a href="#forast">AST Extensions</a></li>
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|       <li><a href="#forparser">Parser Extensions</a></li>
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|       <li><a href="#forir">LLVM IR</a></li>
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|       <li><a href="#forcodegen">Code Generation</a></li>
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|     </ol>
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|     </li>
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|     <li><a href="#code">Full Code Listing</a></li>
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|   </ol>
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| </li>
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| <li><a href="OCamlLangImpl6.html">Chapter 6</a>: Extending the Language:
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| User-defined Operators</li>
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| </ul>
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| 
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| <div class="doc_author">
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| 	<p>
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| 		Written by <a href="mailto:sabre@nondot.org">Chris Lattner</a>
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| 		and <a href="mailto:idadesub@users.sourceforge.net">Erick Tryzelaar</a>
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| 	</p>
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| </div>
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| 
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| <!-- *********************************************************************** -->
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| <h2><a name="intro">Chapter 5 Introduction</a></h2>
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| <!-- *********************************************************************** -->
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| 
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| <div>
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| 
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| <p>Welcome to Chapter 5 of the "<a href="index.html">Implementing a language
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| with LLVM</a>" tutorial.  Parts 1-4 described the implementation of the simple
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| Kaleidoscope language and included support for generating LLVM IR, followed by
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| optimizations and a JIT compiler.  Unfortunately, as presented, Kaleidoscope is
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| mostly useless: it has no control flow other than call and return.  This means
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| that you can't have conditional branches in the code, significantly limiting its
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| power.  In this episode of "build that compiler", we'll extend Kaleidoscope to
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| have an if/then/else expression plus a simple 'for' loop.</p>
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| 
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| </div>
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| 
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| <!-- *********************************************************************** -->
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| <h2><a name="ifthen">If/Then/Else</a></h2>
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| <!-- *********************************************************************** -->
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| 
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| <div>
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| 
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| <p>
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| Extending Kaleidoscope to support if/then/else is quite straightforward.  It
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| basically requires adding lexer support for this "new" concept to the lexer,
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| parser, AST, and LLVM code emitter.  This example is nice, because it shows how
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| easy it is to "grow" a language over time, incrementally extending it as new
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| ideas are discovered.</p>
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| 
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| <p>Before we get going on "how" we add this extension, lets talk about "what" we
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| want.  The basic idea is that we want to be able to write this sort of thing:
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| </p>
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| 
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| <div class="doc_code">
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| <pre>
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| def fib(x)
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|   if x < 3 then
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|     1
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|   else
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|     fib(x-1)+fib(x-2);
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| </pre>
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| </div>
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| 
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| <p>In Kaleidoscope, every construct is an expression: there are no statements.
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| As such, the if/then/else expression needs to return a value like any other.
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| Since we're using a mostly functional form, we'll have it evaluate its
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| conditional, then return the 'then' or 'else' value based on how the condition
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| was resolved.  This is very similar to the C "?:" expression.</p>
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| 
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| <p>The semantics of the if/then/else expression is that it evaluates the
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| condition to a boolean equality value: 0.0 is considered to be false and
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| everything else is considered to be true.
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| If the condition is true, the first subexpression is evaluated and returned, if
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| the condition is false, the second subexpression is evaluated and returned.
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| Since Kaleidoscope allows side-effects, this behavior is important to nail down.
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| </p>
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| 
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| <p>Now that we know what we "want", lets break this down into its constituent
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| pieces.</p>
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| 
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| <!-- ======================================================================= -->
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| <h4><a name="iflexer">Lexer Extensions for If/Then/Else</a></h4>
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| <!-- ======================================================================= -->
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| 
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| 
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| <div>
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| 
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| <p>The lexer extensions are straightforward.  First we add new variants
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| for the relevant tokens:</p>
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| 
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| <div class="doc_code">
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| <pre>
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|   (* control *)
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|   | If | Then | Else | For | In
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| </pre>
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| </div>
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| 
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| <p>Once we have that, we recognize the new keywords in the lexer. This is pretty simple
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| stuff:</p>
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| 
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| <div class="doc_code">
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| <pre>
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|       ...
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|       match Buffer.contents buffer with
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|       | "def" -> [< 'Token.Def; stream >]
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|       | "extern" -> [< 'Token.Extern; stream >]
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|       | "if" -> [< 'Token.If; stream >]
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|       | "then" -> [< 'Token.Then; stream >]
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|       | "else" -> [< 'Token.Else; stream >]
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|       | "for" -> [< 'Token.For; stream >]
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|       | "in" -> [< 'Token.In; stream >]
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|       | id -> [< 'Token.Ident id; stream >]
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| </pre>
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| </div>
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| 
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| </div>
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| 
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| <!-- ======================================================================= -->
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| <h4><a name="ifast">AST Extensions for If/Then/Else</a></h4>
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| <!-- ======================================================================= -->
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| 
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| <div>
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| 
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| <p>To represent the new expression we add a new AST variant for it:</p>
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| 
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| <div class="doc_code">
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| <pre>
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| type expr =
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|   ...
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|   (* variant for if/then/else. *)
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|   | If of expr * expr * expr
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| </pre>
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| </div>
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| 
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| <p>The AST variant just has pointers to the various subexpressions.</p>
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| 
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| </div>
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| 
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| <!-- ======================================================================= -->
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| <h4><a name="ifparser">Parser Extensions for If/Then/Else</a></h4>
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| <!-- ======================================================================= -->
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| 
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| <div>
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| 
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| <p>Now that we have the relevant tokens coming from the lexer and we have the
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| AST node to build, our parsing logic is relatively straightforward.  First we
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| define a new parsing function:</p>
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| 
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| <div class="doc_code">
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| <pre>
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| let rec parse_primary = parser
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|   ...
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|   (* ifexpr ::= 'if' expr 'then' expr 'else' expr *)
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|   | [< 'Token.If; c=parse_expr;
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|        'Token.Then ?? "expected 'then'"; t=parse_expr;
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|        'Token.Else ?? "expected 'else'"; e=parse_expr >] ->
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|       Ast.If (c, t, e)
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| </pre>
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| </div>
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| 
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| <p>Next we hook it up as a primary expression:</p>
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| 
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| <div class="doc_code">
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| <pre>
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| let rec parse_primary = parser
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|   ...
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|   (* ifexpr ::= 'if' expr 'then' expr 'else' expr *)
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|   | [< 'Token.If; c=parse_expr;
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|        'Token.Then ?? "expected 'then'"; t=parse_expr;
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|        'Token.Else ?? "expected 'else'"; e=parse_expr >] ->
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|       Ast.If (c, t, e)
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| </pre>
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| </div>
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| 
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| </div>
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| 
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| <!-- ======================================================================= -->
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| <h4><a name="ifir">LLVM IR for If/Then/Else</a></h4>
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| <!-- ======================================================================= -->
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| 
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| <div>
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| 
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| <p>Now that we have it parsing and building the AST, the final piece is adding
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| LLVM code generation support.  This is the most interesting part of the
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| if/then/else example, because this is where it starts to introduce new concepts.
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| All of the code above has been thoroughly described in previous chapters.
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| </p>
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| 
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| <p>To motivate the code we want to produce, lets take a look at a simple
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| example.  Consider:</p>
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| 
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| <div class="doc_code">
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| <pre>
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| extern foo();
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| extern bar();
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| def baz(x) if x then foo() else bar();
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| </pre>
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| </div>
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| 
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| <p>If you disable optimizations, the code you'll (soon) get from Kaleidoscope
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| looks like this:</p>
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| 
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| <div class="doc_code">
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| <pre>
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| declare double @foo()
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| 
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| declare double @bar()
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| 
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| define double @baz(double %x) {
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| entry:
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|   %ifcond = fcmp one double %x, 0.000000e+00
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|   br i1 %ifcond, label %then, label %else
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| 
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| then:    ; preds = %entry
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|   %calltmp = call double @foo()
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|   br label %ifcont
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| 
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| else:    ; preds = %entry
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|   %calltmp1 = call double @bar()
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|   br label %ifcont
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| 
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| ifcont:    ; preds = %else, %then
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|   %iftmp = phi double [ %calltmp, %then ], [ %calltmp1, %else ]
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|   ret double %iftmp
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| }
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| </pre>
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| </div>
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| 
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| <p>To visualize the control flow graph, you can use a nifty feature of the LLVM
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| '<a href="http://llvm.org/cmds/opt.html">opt</a>' tool.  If you put this LLVM IR
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| into "t.ll" and run "<tt>llvm-as < t.ll | opt -analyze -view-cfg</tt>", <a
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| href="../ProgrammersManual.html#ViewGraph">a window will pop up</a> and you'll
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| see this graph:</p>
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| 
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| <div style="text-align: center"><img src="LangImpl5-cfg.png" alt="Example CFG" width="423"
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| height="315"></div>
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| 
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| <p>Another way to get this is to call "<tt>Llvm_analysis.view_function_cfg
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| f</tt>" or "<tt>Llvm_analysis.view_function_cfg_only f</tt>" (where <tt>f</tt>
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| is a "<tt>Function</tt>") either by inserting actual calls into the code and
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| recompiling or by calling these in the debugger.  LLVM has many nice features
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| for visualizing various graphs.</p>
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| 
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| <p>Getting back to the generated code, it is fairly simple: the entry block
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| evaluates the conditional expression ("x" in our case here) and compares the
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| result to 0.0 with the "<tt><a href="../LangRef.html#i_fcmp">fcmp</a> one</tt>"
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| instruction ('one' is "Ordered and Not Equal").  Based on the result of this
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| expression, the code jumps to either the "then" or "else" blocks, which contain
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| the expressions for the true/false cases.</p>
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| 
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| <p>Once the then/else blocks are finished executing, they both branch back to the
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| 'ifcont' block to execute the code that happens after the if/then/else.  In this
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| case the only thing left to do is to return to the caller of the function.  The
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| question then becomes: how does the code know which expression to return?</p>
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| 
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| <p>The answer to this question involves an important SSA operation: the
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| <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_single_assignment_form">Phi
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| operation</a>.  If you're not familiar with SSA, <a
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| href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_single_assignment_form">the wikipedia
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| article</a> is a good introduction and there are various other introductions to
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| it available on your favorite search engine.  The short version is that
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| "execution" of the Phi operation requires "remembering" which block control came
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| from.  The Phi operation takes on the value corresponding to the input control
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| block.  In this case, if control comes in from the "then" block, it gets the
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| value of "calltmp".  If control comes from the "else" block, it gets the value
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| of "calltmp1".</p>
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| 
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| <p>At this point, you are probably starting to think "Oh no! This means my
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| simple and elegant front-end will have to start generating SSA form in order to
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| use LLVM!".  Fortunately, this is not the case, and we strongly advise
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| <em>not</em> implementing an SSA construction algorithm in your front-end
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| unless there is an amazingly good reason to do so.  In practice, there are two
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| sorts of values that float around in code written for your average imperative
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| programming language that might need Phi nodes:</p>
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| 
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| <ol>
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| <li>Code that involves user variables: <tt>x = 1; x = x + 1; </tt></li>
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| <li>Values that are implicit in the structure of your AST, such as the Phi node
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| in this case.</li>
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| </ol>
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| 
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| <p>In <a href="OCamlLangImpl7.html">Chapter 7</a> of this tutorial ("mutable
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| variables"), we'll talk about #1
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| in depth.  For now, just believe me that you don't need SSA construction to
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| handle this case.  For #2, you have the choice of using the techniques that we will
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| describe for #1, or you can insert Phi nodes directly, if convenient.  In this
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| case, it is really really easy to generate the Phi node, so we choose to do it
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| directly.</p>
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| 
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| <p>Okay, enough of the motivation and overview, lets generate code!</p>
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| 
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| </div>
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| 
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| <!-- ======================================================================= -->
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| <h4><a name="ifcodegen">Code Generation for If/Then/Else</a></h4>
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| <!-- ======================================================================= -->
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| 
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| <div>
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| 
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| <p>In order to generate code for this, we implement the <tt>Codegen</tt> method
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| for <tt>IfExprAST</tt>:</p>
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| 
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| <div class="doc_code">
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| <pre>
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| let rec codegen_expr = function
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|   ...
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|   | Ast.If (cond, then_, else_) ->
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|       let cond = codegen_expr cond in
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| 
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|       (* Convert condition to a bool by comparing equal to 0.0 *)
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|       let zero = const_float double_type 0.0 in
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|       let cond_val = build_fcmp Fcmp.One cond zero "ifcond" builder in
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| </pre>
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| </div>
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| 
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| <p>This code is straightforward and similar to what we saw before.  We emit the
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| expression for the condition, then compare that value to zero to get a truth
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| value as a 1-bit (bool) value.</p>
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| 
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| <div class="doc_code">
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| <pre>
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|       (* Grab the first block so that we might later add the conditional branch
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|        * to it at the end of the function. *)
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|       let start_bb = insertion_block builder in
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|       let the_function = block_parent start_bb in
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| 
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|       let then_bb = append_block context "then" the_function in
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|       position_at_end then_bb builder;
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| </pre>
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| </div>
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| 
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| <p>
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| As opposed to the <a href="LangImpl5.html">C++ tutorial</a>, we have to build
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| our basic blocks bottom up since we can't have dangling BasicBlocks.  We start
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| off by saving a pointer to the first block (which might not be the entry
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| block), which we'll need to build a conditional branch later.  We do this by
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| asking the <tt>builder</tt> for the current BasicBlock.  The fourth line
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| gets the current Function object that is being built.  It gets this by the
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| <tt>start_bb</tt> for its "parent" (the function it is currently embedded
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| into).</p>
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| 
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| <p>Once it has that, it creates one block.  It is automatically appended into
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| the function's list of blocks.</p>
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| 
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| <div class="doc_code">
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| <pre>
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|       (* Emit 'then' value. *)
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|       position_at_end then_bb builder;
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|       let then_val = codegen_expr then_ in
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| 
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|       (* Codegen of 'then' can change the current block, update then_bb for the
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|        * phi. We create a new name because one is used for the phi node, and the
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|        * other is used for the conditional branch. *)
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|       let new_then_bb = insertion_block builder in
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| </pre>
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| </div>
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| 
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| <p>We move the builder to start inserting into the "then" block.  Strictly
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| speaking, this call moves the insertion point to be at the end of the specified
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| block.  However, since the "then" block is empty, it also starts out by
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| inserting at the beginning of the block.  :)</p>
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| 
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| <p>Once the insertion point is set, we recursively codegen the "then" expression
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| from the AST.</p>
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| 
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| <p>The final line here is quite subtle, but is very important.  The basic issue
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| is that when we create the Phi node in the merge block, we need to set up the
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| block/value pairs that indicate how the Phi will work.  Importantly, the Phi
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| node expects to have an entry for each predecessor of the block in the CFG.  Why
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| then, are we getting the current block when we just set it to ThenBB 5 lines
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| above?  The problem is that the "Then" expression may actually itself change the
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| block that the Builder is emitting into if, for example, it contains a nested
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| "if/then/else" expression.  Because calling Codegen recursively could
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| arbitrarily change the notion of the current block, we are required to get an
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| up-to-date value for code that will set up the Phi node.</p>
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| 
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| <div class="doc_code">
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| <pre>
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|       (* Emit 'else' value. *)
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|       let else_bb = append_block context "else" the_function in
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|       position_at_end else_bb builder;
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|       let else_val = codegen_expr else_ in
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| 
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|       (* Codegen of 'else' can change the current block, update else_bb for the
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|        * phi. *)
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|       let new_else_bb = insertion_block builder in
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| </pre>
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| </div>
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| 
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| <p>Code generation for the 'else' block is basically identical to codegen for
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| the 'then' block.</p>
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| 
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| <div class="doc_code">
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| <pre>
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|       (* Emit merge block. *)
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|       let merge_bb = append_block context "ifcont" the_function in
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|       position_at_end merge_bb builder;
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|       let incoming = [(then_val, new_then_bb); (else_val, new_else_bb)] in
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|       let phi = build_phi incoming "iftmp" builder in
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| </pre>
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| </div>
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| 
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| <p>The first two lines here are now familiar: the first adds the "merge" block
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| to the Function object.  The second block changes the insertion point so that
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| newly created code will go into the "merge" block.  Once that is done, we need
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| to create the PHI node and set up the block/value pairs for the PHI.</p>
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| 
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| <div class="doc_code">
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| <pre>
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|       (* Return to the start block to add the conditional branch. *)
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|       position_at_end start_bb builder;
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|       ignore (build_cond_br cond_val then_bb else_bb builder);
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| </pre>
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| </div>
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| 
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| <p>Once the blocks are created, we can emit the conditional branch that chooses
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| between them.  Note that creating new blocks does not implicitly affect the
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| IRBuilder, so it is still inserting into the block that the condition
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| went into.  This is why we needed to save the "start" block.</p>
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| 
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| <div class="doc_code">
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| <pre>
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|       (* Set a unconditional branch at the end of the 'then' block and the
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|        * 'else' block to the 'merge' block. *)
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|       position_at_end new_then_bb builder; ignore (build_br merge_bb builder);
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|       position_at_end new_else_bb builder; ignore (build_br merge_bb builder);
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| 
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|       (* Finally, set the builder to the end of the merge block. *)
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|       position_at_end merge_bb builder;
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| 
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|       phi
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| </pre>
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| </div>
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| 
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| <p>To finish off the blocks, we create an unconditional branch
 | |
| to the merge block.  One interesting (and very important) aspect of the LLVM IR
 | |
| is that it <a href="../LangRef.html#functionstructure">requires all basic blocks
 | |
| to be "terminated"</a> with a <a href="../LangRef.html#terminators">control flow
 | |
| instruction</a> such as return or branch.  This means that all control flow,
 | |
| <em>including fall throughs</em> must be made explicit in the LLVM IR.  If you
 | |
| violate this rule, the verifier will emit an error.
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>Finally, the CodeGen function returns the phi node as the value computed by
 | |
| the if/then/else expression.  In our example above, this returned value will
 | |
| feed into the code for the top-level function, which will create the return
 | |
| instruction.</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>Overall, we now have the ability to execute conditional code in
 | |
| Kaleidoscope.  With this extension, Kaleidoscope is a fairly complete language
 | |
| that can calculate a wide variety of numeric functions.  Next up we'll add
 | |
| another useful expression that is familiar from non-functional languages...</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <!-- *********************************************************************** -->
 | |
| <h2><a name="for">'for' Loop Expression</a></h2>
 | |
| <!-- *********************************************************************** -->
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>Now that we know how to add basic control flow constructs to the language,
 | |
| we have the tools to add more powerful things.  Lets add something more
 | |
| aggressive, a 'for' expression:</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
|  extern putchard(char);
 | |
|  def printstar(n)
 | |
|    for i = 1, i < n, 1.0 in
 | |
|      putchard(42);  # ascii 42 = '*'
 | |
| 
 | |
|  # print 100 '*' characters
 | |
|  printstar(100);
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>This expression defines a new variable ("i" in this case) which iterates from
 | |
| a starting value, while the condition ("i < n" in this case) is true,
 | |
| incrementing by an optional step value ("1.0" in this case).  If the step value
 | |
| is omitted, it defaults to 1.0.  While the loop is true, it executes its
 | |
| body expression.  Because we don't have anything better to return, we'll just
 | |
| define the loop as always returning 0.0.  In the future when we have mutable
 | |
| variables, it will get more useful.</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>As before, lets talk about the changes that we need to Kaleidoscope to
 | |
| support this.</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <!-- ======================================================================= -->
 | |
| <h4><a name="forlexer">Lexer Extensions for the 'for' Loop</a></h4>
 | |
| <!-- ======================================================================= -->
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>The lexer extensions are the same sort of thing as for if/then/else:</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
|   ... in Token.token ...
 | |
|   (* control *)
 | |
|   | If | Then | Else
 | |
|   <b>| For | In</b>
 | |
| 
 | |
|   ... in Lexer.lex_ident...
 | |
|       match Buffer.contents buffer with
 | |
|       | "def" -> [< 'Token.Def; stream >]
 | |
|       | "extern" -> [< 'Token.Extern; stream >]
 | |
|       | "if" -> [< 'Token.If; stream >]
 | |
|       | "then" -> [< 'Token.Then; stream >]
 | |
|       | "else" -> [< 'Token.Else; stream >]
 | |
|       <b>| "for" -> [< 'Token.For; stream >]
 | |
|       | "in" -> [< 'Token.In; stream >]</b>
 | |
|       | id -> [< 'Token.Ident id; stream >]
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <!-- ======================================================================= -->
 | |
| <h4><a name="forast">AST Extensions for the 'for' Loop</a></h4>
 | |
| <!-- ======================================================================= -->
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>The AST variant is just as simple.  It basically boils down to capturing
 | |
| the variable name and the constituent expressions in the node.</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
| type expr =
 | |
|   ...
 | |
|   (* variant for for/in. *)
 | |
|   | For of string * expr * expr * expr option * expr
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <!-- ======================================================================= -->
 | |
| <h4><a name="forparser">Parser Extensions for the 'for' Loop</a></h4>
 | |
| <!-- ======================================================================= -->
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>The parser code is also fairly standard.  The only interesting thing here is
 | |
| handling of the optional step value.  The parser code handles it by checking to
 | |
| see if the second comma is present.  If not, it sets the step value to null in
 | |
| the AST node:</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
| let rec parse_primary = parser
 | |
|   ...
 | |
|   (* forexpr
 | |
|         ::= 'for' identifier '=' expr ',' expr (',' expr)? 'in' expression *)
 | |
|   | [< 'Token.For;
 | |
|        'Token.Ident id ?? "expected identifier after for";
 | |
|        'Token.Kwd '=' ?? "expected '=' after for";
 | |
|        stream >] ->
 | |
|       begin parser
 | |
|         | [<
 | |
|              start=parse_expr;
 | |
|              'Token.Kwd ',' ?? "expected ',' after for";
 | |
|              end_=parse_expr;
 | |
|              stream >] ->
 | |
|             let step =
 | |
|               begin parser
 | |
|               | [< 'Token.Kwd ','; step=parse_expr >] -> Some step
 | |
|               | [< >] -> None
 | |
|               end stream
 | |
|             in
 | |
|             begin parser
 | |
|             | [< 'Token.In; body=parse_expr >] ->
 | |
|                 Ast.For (id, start, end_, step, body)
 | |
|             | [< >] ->
 | |
|                 raise (Stream.Error "expected 'in' after for")
 | |
|             end stream
 | |
|         | [< >] ->
 | |
|             raise (Stream.Error "expected '=' after for")
 | |
|       end stream
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <!-- ======================================================================= -->
 | |
| <h4><a name="forir">LLVM IR for the 'for' Loop</a></h4>
 | |
| <!-- ======================================================================= -->
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>Now we get to the good part: the LLVM IR we want to generate for this thing.
 | |
| With the simple example above, we get this LLVM IR (note that this dump is
 | |
| generated with optimizations disabled for clarity):
 | |
| </p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
| declare double @putchard(double)
 | |
| 
 | |
| define double @printstar(double %n) {
 | |
| entry:
 | |
|         ; initial value = 1.0 (inlined into phi)
 | |
|   br label %loop
 | |
| 
 | |
| loop:    ; preds = %loop, %entry
 | |
|   %i = phi double [ 1.000000e+00, %entry ], [ %nextvar, %loop ]
 | |
|         ; body
 | |
|   %calltmp = call double @putchard(double 4.200000e+01)
 | |
|         ; increment
 | |
|   %nextvar = fadd double %i, 1.000000e+00
 | |
| 
 | |
|         ; termination test
 | |
|   %cmptmp = fcmp ult double %i, %n
 | |
|   %booltmp = uitofp i1 %cmptmp to double
 | |
|   %loopcond = fcmp one double %booltmp, 0.000000e+00
 | |
|   br i1 %loopcond, label %loop, label %afterloop
 | |
| 
 | |
| afterloop:    ; preds = %loop
 | |
|         ; loop always returns 0.0
 | |
|   ret double 0.000000e+00
 | |
| }
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>This loop contains all the same constructs we saw before: a phi node, several
 | |
| expressions, and some basic blocks.  Lets see how this fits together.</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <!-- ======================================================================= -->
 | |
| <h4><a name="forcodegen">Code Generation for the 'for' Loop</a></h4>
 | |
| <!-- ======================================================================= -->
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>The first part of Codegen is very simple: we just output the start expression
 | |
| for the loop value:</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
| let rec codegen_expr = function
 | |
|   ...
 | |
|   | Ast.For (var_name, start, end_, step, body) ->
 | |
|       (* Emit the start code first, without 'variable' in scope. *)
 | |
|       let start_val = codegen_expr start in
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>With this out of the way, the next step is to set up the LLVM basic block
 | |
| for the start of the loop body.  In the case above, the whole loop body is one
 | |
| block, but remember that the body code itself could consist of multiple blocks
 | |
| (e.g. if it contains an if/then/else or a for/in expression).</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
|       (* Make the new basic block for the loop header, inserting after current
 | |
|        * block. *)
 | |
|       let preheader_bb = insertion_block builder in
 | |
|       let the_function = block_parent preheader_bb in
 | |
|       let loop_bb = append_block context "loop" the_function in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Insert an explicit fall through from the current block to the
 | |
|        * loop_bb. *)
 | |
|       ignore (build_br loop_bb builder);
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>This code is similar to what we saw for if/then/else.  Because we will need
 | |
| it to create the Phi node, we remember the block that falls through into the
 | |
| loop.  Once we have that, we create the actual block that starts the loop and
 | |
| create an unconditional branch for the fall-through between the two blocks.</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
|       (* Start insertion in loop_bb. *)
 | |
|       position_at_end loop_bb builder;
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Start the PHI node with an entry for start. *)
 | |
|       let variable = build_phi [(start_val, preheader_bb)] var_name builder in
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>Now that the "preheader" for the loop is set up, we switch to emitting code
 | |
| for the loop body.  To begin with, we move the insertion point and create the
 | |
| PHI node for the loop induction variable.  Since we already know the incoming
 | |
| value for the starting value, we add it to the Phi node.  Note that the Phi will
 | |
| eventually get a second value for the backedge, but we can't set it up yet
 | |
| (because it doesn't exist!).</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
|       (* 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. *)
 | |
|       let old_val =
 | |
|         try Some (Hashtbl.find named_values var_name) with Not_found -> None
 | |
|       in
 | |
|       Hashtbl.add named_values var_name variable;
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* 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 *)
 | |
|       ignore (codegen_expr body);
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>Now the code starts to get more interesting.  Our 'for' loop introduces a new
 | |
| variable to the symbol table.  This means that our symbol table can now contain
 | |
| either function arguments or loop variables.  To handle this, before we codegen
 | |
| the body of the loop, we add the loop variable as the current value for its
 | |
| name.  Note that it is possible that there is a variable of the same name in the
 | |
| outer scope.  It would be easy to make this an error (emit an error and return
 | |
| null if there is already an entry for VarName) but we choose to allow shadowing
 | |
| of variables.  In order to handle this correctly, we remember the Value that
 | |
| we are potentially shadowing in <tt>old_val</tt> (which will be None if there is
 | |
| no shadowed variable).</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>Once the loop variable is set into the symbol table, the code recursively
 | |
| codegen's the body.  This allows the body to use the loop variable: any
 | |
| references to it will naturally find it in the symbol table.</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
|       (* Emit the step value. *)
 | |
|       let step_val =
 | |
|         match step with
 | |
|         | Some step -> codegen_expr step
 | |
|         (* If not specified, use 1.0. *)
 | |
|         | None -> const_float double_type 1.0
 | |
|       in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       let next_var = build_add variable step_val "nextvar" builder in
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>Now that the body is emitted, we compute the next value of the iteration
 | |
| variable by adding the step value, or 1.0 if it isn't present.
 | |
| '<tt>next_var</tt>' will be the value of the loop variable on the next iteration
 | |
| of the loop.</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
|       (* Compute the end condition. *)
 | |
|       let end_cond = codegen_expr end_ in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Convert condition to a bool by comparing equal to 0.0. *)
 | |
|       let zero = const_float double_type 0.0 in
 | |
|       let end_cond = build_fcmp Fcmp.One end_cond zero "loopcond" builder in
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>Finally, we evaluate the exit value of the loop, to determine whether the
 | |
| loop should exit.  This mirrors the condition evaluation for the if/then/else
 | |
| statement.</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
|       (* Create the "after loop" block and insert it. *)
 | |
|       let loop_end_bb = insertion_block builder in
 | |
|       let after_bb = append_block context "afterloop" the_function in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Insert the conditional branch into the end of loop_end_bb. *)
 | |
|       ignore (build_cond_br end_cond loop_bb after_bb builder);
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Any new code will be inserted in after_bb. *)
 | |
|       position_at_end after_bb builder;
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>With the code for the body of the loop complete, we just need to finish up
 | |
| the control flow for it.  This code remembers the end block (for the phi node), then creates the block for the loop exit ("afterloop").  Based on the value of the
 | |
| exit condition, it creates a conditional branch that chooses between executing
 | |
| the loop again and exiting the loop.  Any future code is emitted in the
 | |
| "afterloop" block, so it sets the insertion position to it.</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
|       (* Add a new entry to the PHI node for the backedge. *)
 | |
|       add_incoming (next_var, loop_end_bb) variable;
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Restore the unshadowed variable. *)
 | |
|       begin match old_val with
 | |
|       | Some old_val -> Hashtbl.add named_values var_name old_val
 | |
|       | None -> ()
 | |
|       end;
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* for expr always returns 0.0. *)
 | |
|       const_null double_type
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>The final code handles various cleanups: now that we have the
 | |
| "<tt>next_var</tt>" value, we can add the incoming value to the loop PHI node.
 | |
| After that, we remove the loop variable from the symbol table, so that it isn't
 | |
| in scope after the for loop.  Finally, code generation of the for loop always
 | |
| returns 0.0, so that is what we return from <tt>Codegen.codegen_expr</tt>.</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>With this, we conclude the "adding control flow to Kaleidoscope" chapter of
 | |
| the tutorial.  In this chapter we added two control flow constructs, and used
 | |
| them to motivate a couple of aspects of the LLVM IR that are important for
 | |
| front-end implementors to know.  In the next chapter of our saga, we will get
 | |
| a bit crazier and add <a href="OCamlLangImpl6.html">user-defined operators</a>
 | |
| to our poor innocent language.</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <!-- *********************************************************************** -->
 | |
| <h2><a name="code">Full Code Listing</a></h2>
 | |
| <!-- *********************************************************************** -->
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>
 | |
| Here is the complete code listing for our running example, enhanced with the
 | |
| if/then/else and for expressions..  To build this example, use:
 | |
| </p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <div class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
| # Compile
 | |
| ocamlbuild toy.byte
 | |
| # Run
 | |
| ./toy.byte
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </div>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <p>Here is the code:</p>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <dl>
 | |
| <dt>_tags:</dt>
 | |
| <dd class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
| <{lexer,parser}.ml>: use_camlp4, pp(camlp4of)
 | |
| <*.{byte,native}>: g++, use_llvm, use_llvm_analysis
 | |
| <*.{byte,native}>: use_llvm_executionengine, use_llvm_target
 | |
| <*.{byte,native}>: use_llvm_scalar_opts, use_bindings
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </dd>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <dt>myocamlbuild.ml:</dt>
 | |
| <dd class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
| open Ocamlbuild_plugin;;
 | |
| 
 | |
| ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm";;
 | |
| ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm_analysis";;
 | |
| ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm_executionengine";;
 | |
| ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm_target";;
 | |
| ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm_scalar_opts";;
 | |
| 
 | |
| flag ["link"; "ocaml"; "g++"] (S[A"-cc"; A"g++"]);;
 | |
| dep ["link"; "ocaml"; "use_bindings"] ["bindings.o"];;
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </dd>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <dt>token.ml:</dt>
 | |
| <dd class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
| (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
 | |
|  * 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
 | |
| 
 | |
|   (* control *)
 | |
|   | If | Then | Else
 | |
|   | For | In
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </dd>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <dt>lexer.ml:</dt>
 | |
| <dd class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
| (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
 | |
|  * 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 >]
 | |
|       | "if" -> [< 'Token.If; stream >]
 | |
|       | "then" -> [< 'Token.Then; stream >]
 | |
|       | "else" -> [< 'Token.Else; stream >]
 | |
|       | "for" -> [< 'Token.For; stream >]
 | |
|       | "in" -> [< 'Token.In; stream >]
 | |
|       | id -> [< 'Token.Ident id; stream >]
 | |
| 
 | |
| and lex_comment = parser
 | |
|   | [< ' ('\n'); stream=lex >] -> stream
 | |
|   | [< 'c; e=lex_comment >] -> e
 | |
|   | [< >] -> [< >]
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </dd>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <dt>ast.ml:</dt>
 | |
| <dd class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
| (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
 | |
|  * 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
 | |
| 
 | |
|   (* variant for if/then/else. *)
 | |
|   | If of expr * expr * expr
 | |
| 
 | |
|   (* variant for for/in. *)
 | |
|   | For of string * expr * expr * expr option * expr
 | |
| 
 | |
| (* 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
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </dd>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <dt>parser.ml:</dt>
 | |
| <dd class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
| (*===---------------------------------------------------------------------===
 | |
|  * 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
 | |
|  *   ::= ifexpr
 | |
|  *   ::= forexpr *)
 | |
| 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
 | |
| 
 | |
|   (* ifexpr ::= 'if' expr 'then' expr 'else' expr *)
 | |
|   | [< 'Token.If; c=parse_expr;
 | |
|        'Token.Then ?? "expected 'then'"; t=parse_expr;
 | |
|        'Token.Else ?? "expected 'else'"; e=parse_expr >] ->
 | |
|       Ast.If (c, t, e)
 | |
| 
 | |
|   (* forexpr
 | |
|         ::= 'for' identifier '=' expr ',' expr (',' expr)? 'in' expression *)
 | |
|   | [< 'Token.For;
 | |
|        'Token.Ident id ?? "expected identifier after for";
 | |
|        'Token.Kwd '=' ?? "expected '=' after for";
 | |
|        stream >] ->
 | |
|       begin parser
 | |
|         | [<
 | |
|              start=parse_expr;
 | |
|              'Token.Kwd ',' ?? "expected ',' after for";
 | |
|              end_=parse_expr;
 | |
|              stream >] ->
 | |
|             let step =
 | |
|               begin parser
 | |
|               | [< 'Token.Kwd ','; step=parse_expr >] -> Some step
 | |
|               | [< >] -> None
 | |
|               end stream
 | |
|             in
 | |
|             begin parser
 | |
|             | [< 'Token.In; body=parse_expr >] ->
 | |
|                 Ast.For (id, start, end_, step, body)
 | |
|             | [< >] ->
 | |
|                 raise (Stream.Error "expected 'in' after for")
 | |
|             end stream
 | |
|         | [< >] ->
 | |
|             raise (Stream.Error "expected '=' after for")
 | |
|       end 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
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </dd>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <dt>codegen.ml:</dt>
 | |
| <dd class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
| (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
 | |
|  * 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
 | |
|   | Ast.If (cond, then_, else_) ->
 | |
|       let cond = codegen_expr cond in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Convert condition to a bool by comparing equal to 0.0 *)
 | |
|       let zero = const_float double_type 0.0 in
 | |
|       let cond_val = build_fcmp Fcmp.One cond zero "ifcond" builder in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Grab the first block so that we might later add the conditional branch
 | |
|        * to it at the end of the function. *)
 | |
|       let start_bb = insertion_block builder in
 | |
|       let the_function = block_parent start_bb in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       let then_bb = append_block context "then" the_function in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Emit 'then' value. *)
 | |
|       position_at_end then_bb builder;
 | |
|       let then_val = codegen_expr then_ in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Codegen of 'then' can change the current block, update then_bb for the
 | |
|        * phi. We create a new name because one is used for the phi node, and the
 | |
|        * other is used for the conditional branch. *)
 | |
|       let new_then_bb = insertion_block builder in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Emit 'else' value. *)
 | |
|       let else_bb = append_block context "else" the_function in
 | |
|       position_at_end else_bb builder;
 | |
|       let else_val = codegen_expr else_ in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Codegen of 'else' can change the current block, update else_bb for the
 | |
|        * phi. *)
 | |
|       let new_else_bb = insertion_block builder in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Emit merge block. *)
 | |
|       let merge_bb = append_block context "ifcont" the_function in
 | |
|       position_at_end merge_bb builder;
 | |
|       let incoming = [(then_val, new_then_bb); (else_val, new_else_bb)] in
 | |
|       let phi = build_phi incoming "iftmp" builder in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Return to the start block to add the conditional branch. *)
 | |
|       position_at_end start_bb builder;
 | |
|       ignore (build_cond_br cond_val then_bb else_bb builder);
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Set a unconditional branch at the end of the 'then' block and the
 | |
|        * 'else' block to the 'merge' block. *)
 | |
|       position_at_end new_then_bb builder; ignore (build_br merge_bb builder);
 | |
|       position_at_end new_else_bb builder; ignore (build_br merge_bb builder);
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Finally, set the builder to the end of the merge block. *)
 | |
|       position_at_end merge_bb builder;
 | |
| 
 | |
|       phi
 | |
|   | Ast.For (var_name, start, end_, step, body) ->
 | |
|       (* Emit the start code first, without 'variable' in scope. *)
 | |
|       let start_val = codegen_expr start in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Make the new basic block for the loop header, inserting after current
 | |
|        * block. *)
 | |
|       let preheader_bb = insertion_block builder in
 | |
|       let the_function = block_parent preheader_bb in
 | |
|       let loop_bb = append_block context "loop" the_function in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Insert an explicit fall through from the current block to the
 | |
|        * loop_bb. *)
 | |
|       ignore (build_br loop_bb builder);
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Start insertion in loop_bb. *)
 | |
|       position_at_end loop_bb builder;
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Start the PHI node with an entry for start. *)
 | |
|       let variable = build_phi [(start_val, preheader_bb)] var_name builder in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* 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. *)
 | |
|       let old_val =
 | |
|         try Some (Hashtbl.find named_values var_name) with Not_found -> None
 | |
|       in
 | |
|       Hashtbl.add named_values var_name variable;
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* 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 *)
 | |
|       ignore (codegen_expr body);
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Emit the step value. *)
 | |
|       let step_val =
 | |
|         match step with
 | |
|         | Some step -> codegen_expr step
 | |
|         (* If not specified, use 1.0. *)
 | |
|         | None -> const_float double_type 1.0
 | |
|       in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       let next_var = build_add variable step_val "nextvar" builder in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Compute the end condition. *)
 | |
|       let end_cond = codegen_expr end_ in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Convert condition to a bool by comparing equal to 0.0. *)
 | |
|       let zero = const_float double_type 0.0 in
 | |
|       let end_cond = build_fcmp Fcmp.One end_cond zero "loopcond" builder in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Create the "after loop" block and insert it. *)
 | |
|       let loop_end_bb = insertion_block builder in
 | |
|       let after_bb = append_block context "afterloop" the_function in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Insert the conditional branch into the end of loop_end_bb. *)
 | |
|       ignore (build_cond_br end_cond loop_bb after_bb builder);
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Any new code will be inserted in after_bb. *)
 | |
|       position_at_end after_bb builder;
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Add a new entry to the PHI node for the backedge. *)
 | |
|       add_incoming (next_var, loop_end_bb) variable;
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Restore the unshadowed variable. *)
 | |
|       begin match old_val with
 | |
|       | Some old_val -> Hashtbl.add named_values var_name old_val
 | |
|       | None -> ()
 | |
|       end;
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* for expr always returns 0.0. *)
 | |
|       const_null double_type
 | |
| 
 | |
| 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;
 | |
|         Hashtbl.add named_values n a;
 | |
|       ) (params f);
 | |
|       f
 | |
| 
 | |
| let codegen_func the_fpm = function
 | |
|   | Ast.Function (proto, body) ->
 | |
|       Hashtbl.clear named_values;
 | |
|       let the_function = codegen_proto proto in
 | |
| 
 | |
|       (* Create a new basic block to start insertion into. *)
 | |
|       let bb = append_block context "entry" the_function in
 | |
|       position_at_end bb builder;
 | |
| 
 | |
|       try
 | |
|         let ret_val = codegen_expr body in
 | |
| 
 | |
|         (* Finish off the function. *)
 | |
|         let _ = build_ret ret_val builder in
 | |
| 
 | |
|         (* Validate the generated code, checking for consistency. *)
 | |
|         Llvm_analysis.assert_valid_function the_function;
 | |
| 
 | |
|         (* Optimize the function. *)
 | |
|         let _ = PassManager.run_function the_function the_fpm in
 | |
| 
 | |
|         the_function
 | |
|       with e ->
 | |
|         delete_function the_function;
 | |
|         raise e
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </dd>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <dt>toplevel.ml:</dt>
 | |
| <dd class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
| (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
 | |
|  * Top-Level parsing and JIT Driver
 | |
|  *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
 | |
| 
 | |
| open Llvm
 | |
| open Llvm_executionengine
 | |
| 
 | |
| (* top ::= definition | external | expression | ';' *)
 | |
| let rec main_loop the_fpm the_execution_engine stream =
 | |
|   match Stream.peek stream with
 | |
|   | None -> ()
 | |
| 
 | |
|   (* ignore top-level semicolons. *)
 | |
|   | Some (Token.Kwd ';') ->
 | |
|       Stream.junk stream;
 | |
|       main_loop the_fpm the_execution_engine 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 the_fpm 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";
 | |
|             let the_function = Codegen.codegen_func the_fpm e in
 | |
|             dump_value the_function;
 | |
| 
 | |
|             (* JIT the function, returning a function pointer. *)
 | |
|             let result = ExecutionEngine.run_function the_function [||]
 | |
|               the_execution_engine in
 | |
| 
 | |
|             print_string "Evaluated to ";
 | |
|             print_float (GenericValue.as_float Codegen.double_type result);
 | |
|             print_newline ();
 | |
|         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 the_fpm the_execution_engine stream
 | |
| </pre>
 | |
| </dd>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <dt>toy.ml:</dt>
 | |
| <dd class="doc_code">
 | |
| <pre>
 | |
| (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
 | |
|  * Main driver code.
 | |
|  *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
 | |
| 
 | |
| open Llvm
 | |
| open Llvm_executionengine
 | |
| open Llvm_target
 | |
| open Llvm_scalar_opts
 | |
| 
 | |
| let main () =
 | |
|   ignore (initialize_native_target ());
 | |
| 
 | |
|   (* 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
 | |
| 
 | |
|   (* Create the JIT. *)
 | |
|   let the_execution_engine = ExecutionEngine.create Codegen.the_module in
 | |
|   let the_fpm = PassManager.create_function Codegen.the_module in
 | |
| 
 | |
|   (* Set up the optimizer pipeline.  Start with registering info about how the
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|    * target lays out data structures. *)
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|   TargetData.add (ExecutionEngine.target_data the_execution_engine) the_fpm;
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| 
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|   (* Do simple "peephole" optimizations and bit-twiddling optzn. *)
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|   add_instruction_combination the_fpm;
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| 
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|   (* reassociate expressions. *)
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|   add_reassociation the_fpm;
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| 
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|   (* Eliminate Common SubExpressions. *)
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|   add_gvn the_fpm;
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| 
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|   (* Simplify the control flow graph (deleting unreachable blocks, etc). *)
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|   add_cfg_simplification the_fpm;
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| 
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|   ignore (PassManager.initialize the_fpm);
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| 
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|   (* Run the main "interpreter loop" now. *)
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|   Toplevel.main_loop the_fpm the_execution_engine stream;
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| 
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|   (* Print out all the generated code. *)
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|   dump_module Codegen.the_module
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| ;;
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| 
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| main ()
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| </pre>
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| </dd>
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| 
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| <dt>bindings.c</dt>
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| <dd class="doc_code">
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| <pre>
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| #include <stdio.h>
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| 
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| /* putchard - putchar that takes a double and returns 0. */
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| extern double putchard(double X) {
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|   putchar((char)X);
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|   return 0;
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| }
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| </pre>
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