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15<h1>Kaleidoscope: Extending the Language: Control Flow</h1>
16
17<ul>
18<li><a href="index.html">Up to Tutorial Index</a></li>
19<li>Chapter 5
20  <ol>
21    <li><a href="#intro">Chapter 5 Introduction</a></li>
22    <li><a href="#ifthen">If/Then/Else</a>
23    <ol>
24      <li><a href="#iflexer">Lexer Extensions</a></li>
25      <li><a href="#ifast">AST Extensions</a></li>
26      <li><a href="#ifparser">Parser Extensions</a></li>
27      <li><a href="#ifir">LLVM IR</a></li>
28      <li><a href="#ifcodegen">Code Generation</a></li>
29    </ol>
30    </li>
31    <li><a href="#for">'for' Loop Expression</a>
32    <ol>
33      <li><a href="#forlexer">Lexer Extensions</a></li>
34      <li><a href="#forast">AST Extensions</a></li>
35      <li><a href="#forparser">Parser Extensions</a></li>
36      <li><a href="#forir">LLVM IR</a></li>
37      <li><a href="#forcodegen">Code Generation</a></li>
38    </ol>
39    </li>
40    <li><a href="#code">Full Code Listing</a></li>
41  </ol>
42</li>
43<li><a href="OCamlLangImpl6.html">Chapter 6</a>: Extending the Language:
44User-defined Operators</li>
45</ul>
46
47<div class="doc_author">
48	<p>
49		Written by <a href="mailto:sabre@nondot.org">Chris Lattner</a>
50		and <a href="mailto:idadesub@users.sourceforge.net">Erick Tryzelaar</a>
51	</p>
52</div>
53
54<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
55<h2><a name="intro">Chapter 5 Introduction</a></h2>
56<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
57
58<div>
59
60<p>Welcome to Chapter 5 of the "<a href="index.html">Implementing a language
61with LLVM</a>" tutorial.  Parts 1-4 described the implementation of the simple
62Kaleidoscope language and included support for generating LLVM IR, followed by
63optimizations and a JIT compiler.  Unfortunately, as presented, Kaleidoscope is
64mostly useless: it has no control flow other than call and return.  This means
65that you can't have conditional branches in the code, significantly limiting its
66power.  In this episode of "build that compiler", we'll extend Kaleidoscope to
67have an if/then/else expression plus a simple 'for' loop.</p>
68
69</div>
70
71<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
72<h2><a name="ifthen">If/Then/Else</a></h2>
73<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
74
75<div>
76
77<p>
78Extending Kaleidoscope to support if/then/else is quite straightforward.  It
79basically requires adding lexer support for this "new" concept to the lexer,
80parser, AST, and LLVM code emitter.  This example is nice, because it shows how
81easy it is to "grow" a language over time, incrementally extending it as new
82ideas are discovered.</p>
83
84<p>Before we get going on "how" we add this extension, lets talk about "what" we
85want.  The basic idea is that we want to be able to write this sort of thing:
86</p>
87
88<div class="doc_code">
89<pre>
90def fib(x)
91  if x &lt; 3 then
92    1
93  else
94    fib(x-1)+fib(x-2);
95</pre>
96</div>
97
98<p>In Kaleidoscope, every construct is an expression: there are no statements.
99As such, the if/then/else expression needs to return a value like any other.
100Since we're using a mostly functional form, we'll have it evaluate its
101conditional, then return the 'then' or 'else' value based on how the condition
102was resolved.  This is very similar to the C "?:" expression.</p>
103
104<p>The semantics of the if/then/else expression is that it evaluates the
105condition to a boolean equality value: 0.0 is considered to be false and
106everything else is considered to be true.
107If the condition is true, the first subexpression is evaluated and returned, if
108the condition is false, the second subexpression is evaluated and returned.
109Since Kaleidoscope allows side-effects, this behavior is important to nail down.
110</p>
111
112<p>Now that we know what we "want", lets break this down into its constituent
113pieces.</p>
114
115<!-- ======================================================================= -->
116<h4><a name="iflexer">Lexer Extensions for If/Then/Else</a></h4>
117<!-- ======================================================================= -->
118
119
120<div>
121
122<p>The lexer extensions are straightforward.  First we add new variants
123for the relevant tokens:</p>
124
125<div class="doc_code">
126<pre>
127  (* control *)
128  | If | Then | Else | For | In
129</pre>
130</div>
131
132<p>Once we have that, we recognize the new keywords in the lexer. This is pretty simple
133stuff:</p>
134
135<div class="doc_code">
136<pre>
137      ...
138      match Buffer.contents buffer with
139      | "def" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.Def; stream &gt;]
140      | "extern" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.Extern; stream &gt;]
141      | "if" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.If; stream &gt;]
142      | "then" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.Then; stream &gt;]
143      | "else" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.Else; stream &gt;]
144      | "for" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.For; stream &gt;]
145      | "in" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.In; stream &gt;]
146      | id -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.Ident id; stream &gt;]
147</pre>
148</div>
149
150</div>
151
152<!-- ======================================================================= -->
153<h4><a name="ifast">AST Extensions for If/Then/Else</a></h4>
154<!-- ======================================================================= -->
155
156<div>
157
158<p>To represent the new expression we add a new AST variant for it:</p>
159
160<div class="doc_code">
161<pre>
162type expr =
163  ...
164  (* variant for if/then/else. *)
165  | If of expr * expr * expr
166</pre>
167</div>
168
169<p>The AST variant just has pointers to the various subexpressions.</p>
170
171</div>
172
173<!-- ======================================================================= -->
174<h4><a name="ifparser">Parser Extensions for If/Then/Else</a></h4>
175<!-- ======================================================================= -->
176
177<div>
178
179<p>Now that we have the relevant tokens coming from the lexer and we have the
180AST node to build, our parsing logic is relatively straightforward.  First we
181define a new parsing function:</p>
182
183<div class="doc_code">
184<pre>
185let rec parse_primary = parser
186  ...
187  (* ifexpr ::= 'if' expr 'then' expr 'else' expr *)
188  | [&lt; 'Token.If; c=parse_expr;
189       'Token.Then ?? "expected 'then'"; t=parse_expr;
190       'Token.Else ?? "expected 'else'"; e=parse_expr &gt;] -&gt;
191      Ast.If (c, t, e)
192</pre>
193</div>
194
195<p>Next we hook it up as a primary expression:</p>
196
197<div class="doc_code">
198<pre>
199let rec parse_primary = parser
200  ...
201  (* ifexpr ::= 'if' expr 'then' expr 'else' expr *)
202  | [&lt; 'Token.If; c=parse_expr;
203       'Token.Then ?? "expected 'then'"; t=parse_expr;
204       'Token.Else ?? "expected 'else'"; e=parse_expr &gt;] -&gt;
205      Ast.If (c, t, e)
206</pre>
207</div>
208
209</div>
210
211<!-- ======================================================================= -->
212<h4><a name="ifir">LLVM IR for If/Then/Else</a></h4>
213<!-- ======================================================================= -->
214
215<div>
216
217<p>Now that we have it parsing and building the AST, the final piece is adding
218LLVM code generation support.  This is the most interesting part of the
219if/then/else example, because this is where it starts to introduce new concepts.
220All of the code above has been thoroughly described in previous chapters.
221</p>
222
223<p>To motivate the code we want to produce, lets take a look at a simple
224example.  Consider:</p>
225
226<div class="doc_code">
227<pre>
228extern foo();
229extern bar();
230def baz(x) if x then foo() else bar();
231</pre>
232</div>
233
234<p>If you disable optimizations, the code you'll (soon) get from Kaleidoscope
235looks like this:</p>
236
237<div class="doc_code">
238<pre>
239declare double @foo()
240
241declare double @bar()
242
243define double @baz(double %x) {
244entry:
245  %ifcond = fcmp one double %x, 0.000000e+00
246  br i1 %ifcond, label %then, label %else
247
248then:    ; preds = %entry
249  %calltmp = call double @foo()
250  br label %ifcont
251
252else:    ; preds = %entry
253  %calltmp1 = call double @bar()
254  br label %ifcont
255
256ifcont:    ; preds = %else, %then
257  %iftmp = phi double [ %calltmp, %then ], [ %calltmp1, %else ]
258  ret double %iftmp
259}
260</pre>
261</div>
262
263<p>To visualize the control flow graph, you can use a nifty feature of the LLVM
264'<a href="http://llvm.org/cmds/opt.html">opt</a>' tool.  If you put this LLVM IR
265into "t.ll" and run "<tt>llvm-as &lt; t.ll | opt -analyze -view-cfg</tt>", <a
266href="../ProgrammersManual.html#ViewGraph">a window will pop up</a> and you'll
267see this graph:</p>
268
269<div style="text-align: center"><img src="LangImpl5-cfg.png" alt="Example CFG" width="423"
270height="315"></div>
271
272<p>Another way to get this is to call "<tt>Llvm_analysis.view_function_cfg
273f</tt>" or "<tt>Llvm_analysis.view_function_cfg_only f</tt>" (where <tt>f</tt>
274is a "<tt>Function</tt>") either by inserting actual calls into the code and
275recompiling or by calling these in the debugger.  LLVM has many nice features
276for visualizing various graphs.</p>
277
278<p>Getting back to the generated code, it is fairly simple: the entry block
279evaluates the conditional expression ("x" in our case here) and compares the
280result to 0.0 with the "<tt><a href="../LangRef.html#i_fcmp">fcmp</a> one</tt>"
281instruction ('one' is "Ordered and Not Equal").  Based on the result of this
282expression, the code jumps to either the "then" or "else" blocks, which contain
283the expressions for the true/false cases.</p>
284
285<p>Once the then/else blocks are finished executing, they both branch back to the
286'ifcont' block to execute the code that happens after the if/then/else.  In this
287case the only thing left to do is to return to the caller of the function.  The
288question then becomes: how does the code know which expression to return?</p>
289
290<p>The answer to this question involves an important SSA operation: the
291<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_single_assignment_form">Phi
292operation</a>.  If you're not familiar with SSA, <a
293href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_single_assignment_form">the wikipedia
294article</a> is a good introduction and there are various other introductions to
295it available on your favorite search engine.  The short version is that
296"execution" of the Phi operation requires "remembering" which block control came
297from.  The Phi operation takes on the value corresponding to the input control
298block.  In this case, if control comes in from the "then" block, it gets the
299value of "calltmp".  If control comes from the "else" block, it gets the value
300of "calltmp1".</p>
301
302<p>At this point, you are probably starting to think "Oh no! This means my
303simple and elegant front-end will have to start generating SSA form in order to
304use LLVM!".  Fortunately, this is not the case, and we strongly advise
305<em>not</em> implementing an SSA construction algorithm in your front-end
306unless there is an amazingly good reason to do so.  In practice, there are two
307sorts of values that float around in code written for your average imperative
308programming language that might need Phi nodes:</p>
309
310<ol>
311<li>Code that involves user variables: <tt>x = 1; x = x + 1; </tt></li>
312<li>Values that are implicit in the structure of your AST, such as the Phi node
313in this case.</li>
314</ol>
315
316<p>In <a href="OCamlLangImpl7.html">Chapter 7</a> of this tutorial ("mutable
317variables"), we'll talk about #1
318in depth.  For now, just believe me that you don't need SSA construction to
319handle this case.  For #2, you have the choice of using the techniques that we will
320describe for #1, or you can insert Phi nodes directly, if convenient.  In this
321case, it is really really easy to generate the Phi node, so we choose to do it
322directly.</p>
323
324<p>Okay, enough of the motivation and overview, lets generate code!</p>
325
326</div>
327
328<!-- ======================================================================= -->
329<h4><a name="ifcodegen">Code Generation for If/Then/Else</a></h4>
330<!-- ======================================================================= -->
331
332<div>
333
334<p>In order to generate code for this, we implement the <tt>Codegen</tt> method
335for <tt>IfExprAST</tt>:</p>
336
337<div class="doc_code">
338<pre>
339let rec codegen_expr = function
340  ...
341  | Ast.If (cond, then_, else_) -&gt;
342      let cond = codegen_expr cond in
343
344      (* Convert condition to a bool by comparing equal to 0.0 *)
345      let zero = const_float double_type 0.0 in
346      let cond_val = build_fcmp Fcmp.One cond zero "ifcond" builder in
347</pre>
348</div>
349
350<p>This code is straightforward and similar to what we saw before.  We emit the
351expression for the condition, then compare that value to zero to get a truth
352value as a 1-bit (bool) value.</p>
353
354<div class="doc_code">
355<pre>
356      (* Grab the first block so that we might later add the conditional branch
357       * to it at the end of the function. *)
358      let start_bb = insertion_block builder in
359      let the_function = block_parent start_bb in
360
361      let then_bb = append_block context "then" the_function in
362      position_at_end then_bb builder;
363</pre>
364</div>
365
366<p>
367As opposed to the <a href="LangImpl5.html">C++ tutorial</a>, we have to build
368our basic blocks bottom up since we can't have dangling BasicBlocks.  We start
369off by saving a pointer to the first block (which might not be the entry
370block), which we'll need to build a conditional branch later.  We do this by
371asking the <tt>builder</tt> for the current BasicBlock.  The fourth line
372gets the current Function object that is being built.  It gets this by the
373<tt>start_bb</tt> for its "parent" (the function it is currently embedded
374into).</p>
375
376<p>Once it has that, it creates one block.  It is automatically appended into
377the function's list of blocks.</p>
378
379<div class="doc_code">
380<pre>
381      (* Emit 'then' value. *)
382      position_at_end then_bb builder;
383      let then_val = codegen_expr then_ in
384
385      (* Codegen of 'then' can change the current block, update then_bb for the
386       * phi. We create a new name because one is used for the phi node, and the
387       * other is used for the conditional branch. *)
388      let new_then_bb = insertion_block builder in
389</pre>
390</div>
391
392<p>We move the builder to start inserting into the "then" block.  Strictly
393speaking, this call moves the insertion point to be at the end of the specified
394block.  However, since the "then" block is empty, it also starts out by
395inserting at the beginning of the block.  :)</p>
396
397<p>Once the insertion point is set, we recursively codegen the "then" expression
398from the AST.</p>
399
400<p>The final line here is quite subtle, but is very important.  The basic issue
401is that when we create the Phi node in the merge block, we need to set up the
402block/value pairs that indicate how the Phi will work.  Importantly, the Phi
403node expects to have an entry for each predecessor of the block in the CFG.  Why
404then, are we getting the current block when we just set it to ThenBB 5 lines
405above?  The problem is that the "Then" expression may actually itself change the
406block that the Builder is emitting into if, for example, it contains a nested
407"if/then/else" expression.  Because calling Codegen recursively could
408arbitrarily change the notion of the current block, we are required to get an
409up-to-date value for code that will set up the Phi node.</p>
410
411<div class="doc_code">
412<pre>
413      (* Emit 'else' value. *)
414      let else_bb = append_block context "else" the_function in
415      position_at_end else_bb builder;
416      let else_val = codegen_expr else_ in
417
418      (* Codegen of 'else' can change the current block, update else_bb for the
419       * phi. *)
420      let new_else_bb = insertion_block builder in
421</pre>
422</div>
423
424<p>Code generation for the 'else' block is basically identical to codegen for
425the 'then' block.</p>
426
427<div class="doc_code">
428<pre>
429      (* Emit merge block. *)
430      let merge_bb = append_block context "ifcont" the_function in
431      position_at_end merge_bb builder;
432      let incoming = [(then_val, new_then_bb); (else_val, new_else_bb)] in
433      let phi = build_phi incoming "iftmp" builder in
434</pre>
435</div>
436
437<p>The first two lines here are now familiar: the first adds the "merge" block
438to the Function object.  The second block changes the insertion point so that
439newly created code will go into the "merge" block.  Once that is done, we need
440to create the PHI node and set up the block/value pairs for the PHI.</p>
441
442<div class="doc_code">
443<pre>
444      (* Return to the start block to add the conditional branch. *)
445      position_at_end start_bb builder;
446      ignore (build_cond_br cond_val then_bb else_bb builder);
447</pre>
448</div>
449
450<p>Once the blocks are created, we can emit the conditional branch that chooses
451between them.  Note that creating new blocks does not implicitly affect the
452IRBuilder, so it is still inserting into the block that the condition
453went into.  This is why we needed to save the "start" block.</p>
454
455<div class="doc_code">
456<pre>
457      (* Set a unconditional branch at the end of the 'then' block and the
458       * 'else' block to the 'merge' block. *)
459      position_at_end new_then_bb builder; ignore (build_br merge_bb builder);
460      position_at_end new_else_bb builder; ignore (build_br merge_bb builder);
461
462      (* Finally, set the builder to the end of the merge block. *)
463      position_at_end merge_bb builder;
464
465      phi
466</pre>
467</div>
468
469<p>To finish off the blocks, we create an unconditional branch
470to the merge block.  One interesting (and very important) aspect of the LLVM IR
471is that it <a href="../LangRef.html#functionstructure">requires all basic blocks
472to be "terminated"</a> with a <a href="../LangRef.html#terminators">control flow
473instruction</a> such as return or branch.  This means that all control flow,
474<em>including fall throughs</em> must be made explicit in the LLVM IR.  If you
475violate this rule, the verifier will emit an error.
476
477<p>Finally, the CodeGen function returns the phi node as the value computed by
478the if/then/else expression.  In our example above, this returned value will
479feed into the code for the top-level function, which will create the return
480instruction.</p>
481
482<p>Overall, we now have the ability to execute conditional code in
483Kaleidoscope.  With this extension, Kaleidoscope is a fairly complete language
484that can calculate a wide variety of numeric functions.  Next up we'll add
485another useful expression that is familiar from non-functional languages...</p>
486
487</div>
488
489</div>
490
491<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
492<h2><a name="for">'for' Loop Expression</a></h2>
493<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
494
495<div>
496
497<p>Now that we know how to add basic control flow constructs to the language,
498we have the tools to add more powerful things.  Lets add something more
499aggressive, a 'for' expression:</p>
500
501<div class="doc_code">
502<pre>
503 extern putchard(char);
504 def printstar(n)
505   for i = 1, i &lt; n, 1.0 in
506     putchard(42);  # ascii 42 = '*'
507
508 # print 100 '*' characters
509 printstar(100);
510</pre>
511</div>
512
513<p>This expression defines a new variable ("i" in this case) which iterates from
514a starting value, while the condition ("i &lt; n" in this case) is true,
515incrementing by an optional step value ("1.0" in this case).  If the step value
516is omitted, it defaults to 1.0.  While the loop is true, it executes its
517body expression.  Because we don't have anything better to return, we'll just
518define the loop as always returning 0.0.  In the future when we have mutable
519variables, it will get more useful.</p>
520
521<p>As before, lets talk about the changes that we need to Kaleidoscope to
522support this.</p>
523
524<!-- ======================================================================= -->
525<h4><a name="forlexer">Lexer Extensions for the 'for' Loop</a></h4>
526<!-- ======================================================================= -->
527
528<div>
529
530<p>The lexer extensions are the same sort of thing as for if/then/else:</p>
531
532<div class="doc_code">
533<pre>
534  ... in Token.token ...
535  (* control *)
536  | If | Then | Else
537  <b>| For | In</b>
538
539  ... in Lexer.lex_ident...
540      match Buffer.contents buffer with
541      | "def" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.Def; stream &gt;]
542      | "extern" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.Extern; stream &gt;]
543      | "if" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.If; stream &gt;]
544      | "then" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.Then; stream &gt;]
545      | "else" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.Else; stream &gt;]
546      <b>| "for" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.For; stream &gt;]
547      | "in" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.In; stream &gt;]</b>
548      | id -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.Ident id; stream &gt;]
549</pre>
550</div>
551
552</div>
553
554<!-- ======================================================================= -->
555<h4><a name="forast">AST Extensions for the 'for' Loop</a></h4>
556<!-- ======================================================================= -->
557
558<div>
559
560<p>The AST variant is just as simple.  It basically boils down to capturing
561the variable name and the constituent expressions in the node.</p>
562
563<div class="doc_code">
564<pre>
565type expr =
566  ...
567  (* variant for for/in. *)
568  | For of string * expr * expr * expr option * expr
569</pre>
570</div>
571
572</div>
573
574<!-- ======================================================================= -->
575<h4><a name="forparser">Parser Extensions for the 'for' Loop</a></h4>
576<!-- ======================================================================= -->
577
578<div>
579
580<p>The parser code is also fairly standard.  The only interesting thing here is
581handling of the optional step value.  The parser code handles it by checking to
582see if the second comma is present.  If not, it sets the step value to null in
583the AST node:</p>
584
585<div class="doc_code">
586<pre>
587let rec parse_primary = parser
588  ...
589  (* forexpr
590        ::= 'for' identifier '=' expr ',' expr (',' expr)? 'in' expression *)
591  | [&lt; 'Token.For;
592       'Token.Ident id ?? "expected identifier after for";
593       'Token.Kwd '=' ?? "expected '=' after for";
594       stream &gt;] -&gt;
595      begin parser
596        | [&lt;
597             start=parse_expr;
598             'Token.Kwd ',' ?? "expected ',' after for";
599             end_=parse_expr;
600             stream &gt;] -&gt;
601            let step =
602              begin parser
603              | [&lt; 'Token.Kwd ','; step=parse_expr &gt;] -&gt; Some step
604              | [&lt; &gt;] -&gt; None
605              end stream
606            in
607            begin parser
608            | [&lt; 'Token.In; body=parse_expr &gt;] -&gt;
609                Ast.For (id, start, end_, step, body)
610            | [&lt; &gt;] -&gt;
611                raise (Stream.Error "expected 'in' after for")
612            end stream
613        | [&lt; &gt;] -&gt;
614            raise (Stream.Error "expected '=' after for")
615      end stream
616</pre>
617</div>
618
619</div>
620
621<!-- ======================================================================= -->
622<h4><a name="forir">LLVM IR for the 'for' Loop</a></h4>
623<!-- ======================================================================= -->
624
625<div>
626
627<p>Now we get to the good part: the LLVM IR we want to generate for this thing.
628With the simple example above, we get this LLVM IR (note that this dump is
629generated with optimizations disabled for clarity):
630</p>
631
632<div class="doc_code">
633<pre>
634declare double @putchard(double)
635
636define double @printstar(double %n) {
637entry:
638        ; initial value = 1.0 (inlined into phi)
639  br label %loop
640
641loop:    ; preds = %loop, %entry
642  %i = phi double [ 1.000000e+00, %entry ], [ %nextvar, %loop ]
643        ; body
644  %calltmp = call double @putchard(double 4.200000e+01)
645        ; increment
646  %nextvar = fadd double %i, 1.000000e+00
647
648        ; termination test
649  %cmptmp = fcmp ult double %i, %n
650  %booltmp = uitofp i1 %cmptmp to double
651  %loopcond = fcmp one double %booltmp, 0.000000e+00
652  br i1 %loopcond, label %loop, label %afterloop
653
654afterloop:    ; preds = %loop
655        ; loop always returns 0.0
656  ret double 0.000000e+00
657}
658</pre>
659</div>
660
661<p>This loop contains all the same constructs we saw before: a phi node, several
662expressions, and some basic blocks.  Lets see how this fits together.</p>
663
664</div>
665
666<!-- ======================================================================= -->
667<h4><a name="forcodegen">Code Generation for the 'for' Loop</a></h4>
668<!-- ======================================================================= -->
669
670<div>
671
672<p>The first part of Codegen is very simple: we just output the start expression
673for the loop value:</p>
674
675<div class="doc_code">
676<pre>
677let rec codegen_expr = function
678  ...
679  | Ast.For (var_name, start, end_, step, body) -&gt;
680      (* Emit the start code first, without 'variable' in scope. *)
681      let start_val = codegen_expr start in
682</pre>
683</div>
684
685<p>With this out of the way, the next step is to set up the LLVM basic block
686for the start of the loop body.  In the case above, the whole loop body is one
687block, but remember that the body code itself could consist of multiple blocks
688(e.g. if it contains an if/then/else or a for/in expression).</p>
689
690<div class="doc_code">
691<pre>
692      (* Make the new basic block for the loop header, inserting after current
693       * block. *)
694      let preheader_bb = insertion_block builder in
695      let the_function = block_parent preheader_bb in
696      let loop_bb = append_block context "loop" the_function in
697
698      (* Insert an explicit fall through from the current block to the
699       * loop_bb. *)
700      ignore (build_br loop_bb builder);
701</pre>
702</div>
703
704<p>This code is similar to what we saw for if/then/else.  Because we will need
705it to create the Phi node, we remember the block that falls through into the
706loop.  Once we have that, we create the actual block that starts the loop and
707create an unconditional branch for the fall-through between the two blocks.</p>
708
709<div class="doc_code">
710<pre>
711      (* Start insertion in loop_bb. *)
712      position_at_end loop_bb builder;
713
714      (* Start the PHI node with an entry for start. *)
715      let variable = build_phi [(start_val, preheader_bb)] var_name builder in
716</pre>
717</div>
718
719<p>Now that the "preheader" for the loop is set up, we switch to emitting code
720for the loop body.  To begin with, we move the insertion point and create the
721PHI node for the loop induction variable.  Since we already know the incoming
722value for the starting value, we add it to the Phi node.  Note that the Phi will
723eventually get a second value for the backedge, but we can't set it up yet
724(because it doesn't exist!).</p>
725
726<div class="doc_code">
727<pre>
728      (* Within the loop, the variable is defined equal to the PHI node. If it
729       * shadows an existing variable, we have to restore it, so save it
730       * now. *)
731      let old_val =
732        try Some (Hashtbl.find named_values var_name) with Not_found -&gt; None
733      in
734      Hashtbl.add named_values var_name variable;
735
736      (* Emit the body of the loop.  This, like any other expr, can change the
737       * current BB.  Note that we ignore the value computed by the body, but
738       * don't allow an error *)
739      ignore (codegen_expr body);
740</pre>
741</div>
742
743<p>Now the code starts to get more interesting.  Our 'for' loop introduces a new
744variable to the symbol table.  This means that our symbol table can now contain
745either function arguments or loop variables.  To handle this, before we codegen
746the body of the loop, we add the loop variable as the current value for its
747name.  Note that it is possible that there is a variable of the same name in the
748outer scope.  It would be easy to make this an error (emit an error and return
749null if there is already an entry for VarName) but we choose to allow shadowing
750of variables.  In order to handle this correctly, we remember the Value that
751we are potentially shadowing in <tt>old_val</tt> (which will be None if there is
752no shadowed variable).</p>
753
754<p>Once the loop variable is set into the symbol table, the code recursively
755codegen's the body.  This allows the body to use the loop variable: any
756references to it will naturally find it in the symbol table.</p>
757
758<div class="doc_code">
759<pre>
760      (* Emit the step value. *)
761      let step_val =
762        match step with
763        | Some step -&gt; codegen_expr step
764        (* If not specified, use 1.0. *)
765        | None -&gt; const_float double_type 1.0
766      in
767
768      let next_var = build_add variable step_val "nextvar" builder in
769</pre>
770</div>
771
772<p>Now that the body is emitted, we compute the next value of the iteration
773variable by adding the step value, or 1.0 if it isn't present.
774'<tt>next_var</tt>' will be the value of the loop variable on the next iteration
775of the loop.</p>
776
777<div class="doc_code">
778<pre>
779      (* Compute the end condition. *)
780      let end_cond = codegen_expr end_ in
781
782      (* Convert condition to a bool by comparing equal to 0.0. *)
783      let zero = const_float double_type 0.0 in
784      let end_cond = build_fcmp Fcmp.One end_cond zero "loopcond" builder in
785</pre>
786</div>
787
788<p>Finally, we evaluate the exit value of the loop, to determine whether the
789loop should exit.  This mirrors the condition evaluation for the if/then/else
790statement.</p>
791
792<div class="doc_code">
793<pre>
794      (* Create the "after loop" block and insert it. *)
795      let loop_end_bb = insertion_block builder in
796      let after_bb = append_block context "afterloop" the_function in
797
798      (* Insert the conditional branch into the end of loop_end_bb. *)
799      ignore (build_cond_br end_cond loop_bb after_bb builder);
800
801      (* Any new code will be inserted in after_bb. *)
802      position_at_end after_bb builder;
803</pre>
804</div>
805
806<p>With the code for the body of the loop complete, we just need to finish up
807the 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
808exit condition, it creates a conditional branch that chooses between executing
809the loop again and exiting the loop.  Any future code is emitted in the
810"afterloop" block, so it sets the insertion position to it.</p>
811
812<div class="doc_code">
813<pre>
814      (* Add a new entry to the PHI node for the backedge. *)
815      add_incoming (next_var, loop_end_bb) variable;
816
817      (* Restore the unshadowed variable. *)
818      begin match old_val with
819      | Some old_val -&gt; Hashtbl.add named_values var_name old_val
820      | None -&gt; ()
821      end;
822
823      (* for expr always returns 0.0. *)
824      const_null double_type
825</pre>
826</div>
827
828<p>The final code handles various cleanups: now that we have the
829"<tt>next_var</tt>" value, we can add the incoming value to the loop PHI node.
830After that, we remove the loop variable from the symbol table, so that it isn't
831in scope after the for loop.  Finally, code generation of the for loop always
832returns 0.0, so that is what we return from <tt>Codegen.codegen_expr</tt>.</p>
833
834<p>With this, we conclude the "adding control flow to Kaleidoscope" chapter of
835the tutorial.  In this chapter we added two control flow constructs, and used
836them to motivate a couple of aspects of the LLVM IR that are important for
837front-end implementors to know.  In the next chapter of our saga, we will get
838a bit crazier and add <a href="OCamlLangImpl6.html">user-defined operators</a>
839to our poor innocent language.</p>
840
841</div>
842
843</div>
844
845<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
846<h2><a name="code">Full Code Listing</a></h2>
847<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
848
849<div>
850
851<p>
852Here is the complete code listing for our running example, enhanced with the
853if/then/else and for expressions..  To build this example, use:
854</p>
855
856<div class="doc_code">
857<pre>
858# Compile
859ocamlbuild toy.byte
860# Run
861./toy.byte
862</pre>
863</div>
864
865<p>Here is the code:</p>
866
867<dl>
868<dt>_tags:</dt>
869<dd class="doc_code">
870<pre>
871&lt;{lexer,parser}.ml&gt;: use_camlp4, pp(camlp4of)
872&lt;*.{byte,native}&gt;: g++, use_llvm, use_llvm_analysis
873&lt;*.{byte,native}&gt;: use_llvm_executionengine, use_llvm_target
874&lt;*.{byte,native}&gt;: use_llvm_scalar_opts, use_bindings
875</pre>
876</dd>
877
878<dt>myocamlbuild.ml:</dt>
879<dd class="doc_code">
880<pre>
881open Ocamlbuild_plugin;;
882
883ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm";;
884ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm_analysis";;
885ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm_executionengine";;
886ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm_target";;
887ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm_scalar_opts";;
888
889flag ["link"; "ocaml"; "g++"] (S[A"-cc"; A"g++"]);;
890dep ["link"; "ocaml"; "use_bindings"] ["bindings.o"];;
891</pre>
892</dd>
893
894<dt>token.ml:</dt>
895<dd class="doc_code">
896<pre>
897(*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
898 * Lexer Tokens
899 *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
900
901(* The lexer returns these 'Kwd' if it is an unknown character, otherwise one of
902 * these others for known things. *)
903type token =
904  (* commands *)
905  | Def | Extern
906
907  (* primary *)
908  | Ident of string | Number of float
909
910  (* unknown *)
911  | Kwd of char
912
913  (* control *)
914  | If | Then | Else
915  | For | In
916</pre>
917</dd>
918
919<dt>lexer.ml:</dt>
920<dd class="doc_code">
921<pre>
922(*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
923 * Lexer
924 *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
925
926let rec lex = parser
927  (* Skip any whitespace. *)
928  | [&lt; ' (' ' | '\n' | '\r' | '\t'); stream &gt;] -&gt; lex stream
929
930  (* identifier: [a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9] *)
931  | [&lt; ' ('A' .. 'Z' | 'a' .. 'z' as c); stream &gt;] -&gt;
932      let buffer = Buffer.create 1 in
933      Buffer.add_char buffer c;
934      lex_ident buffer stream
935
936  (* number: [0-9.]+ *)
937  | [&lt; ' ('0' .. '9' as c); stream &gt;] -&gt;
938      let buffer = Buffer.create 1 in
939      Buffer.add_char buffer c;
940      lex_number buffer stream
941
942  (* Comment until end of line. *)
943  | [&lt; ' ('#'); stream &gt;] -&gt;
944      lex_comment stream
945
946  (* Otherwise, just return the character as its ascii value. *)
947  | [&lt; 'c; stream &gt;] -&gt;
948      [&lt; 'Token.Kwd c; lex stream &gt;]
949
950  (* end of stream. *)
951  | [&lt; &gt;] -&gt; [&lt; &gt;]
952
953and lex_number buffer = parser
954  | [&lt; ' ('0' .. '9' | '.' as c); stream &gt;] -&gt;
955      Buffer.add_char buffer c;
956      lex_number buffer stream
957  | [&lt; stream=lex &gt;] -&gt;
958      [&lt; 'Token.Number (float_of_string (Buffer.contents buffer)); stream &gt;]
959
960and lex_ident buffer = parser
961  | [&lt; ' ('A' .. 'Z' | 'a' .. 'z' | '0' .. '9' as c); stream &gt;] -&gt;
962      Buffer.add_char buffer c;
963      lex_ident buffer stream
964  | [&lt; stream=lex &gt;] -&gt;
965      match Buffer.contents buffer with
966      | "def" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.Def; stream &gt;]
967      | "extern" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.Extern; stream &gt;]
968      | "if" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.If; stream &gt;]
969      | "then" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.Then; stream &gt;]
970      | "else" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.Else; stream &gt;]
971      | "for" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.For; stream &gt;]
972      | "in" -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.In; stream &gt;]
973      | id -&gt; [&lt; 'Token.Ident id; stream &gt;]
974
975and lex_comment = parser
976  | [&lt; ' ('\n'); stream=lex &gt;] -&gt; stream
977  | [&lt; 'c; e=lex_comment &gt;] -&gt; e
978  | [&lt; &gt;] -&gt; [&lt; &gt;]
979</pre>
980</dd>
981
982<dt>ast.ml:</dt>
983<dd class="doc_code">
984<pre>
985(*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
986 * Abstract Syntax Tree (aka Parse Tree)
987 *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
988
989(* expr - Base type for all expression nodes. *)
990type expr =
991  (* variant for numeric literals like "1.0". *)
992  | Number of float
993
994  (* variant for referencing a variable, like "a". *)
995  | Variable of string
996
997  (* variant for a binary operator. *)
998  | Binary of char * expr * expr
999
1000  (* variant for function calls. *)
1001  | Call of string * expr array
1002
1003  (* variant for if/then/else. *)
1004  | If of expr * expr * expr
1005
1006  (* variant for for/in. *)
1007  | For of string * expr * expr * expr option * expr
1008
1009(* proto - This type represents the "prototype" for a function, which captures
1010 * its name, and its argument names (thus implicitly the number of arguments the
1011 * function takes). *)
1012type proto = Prototype of string * string array
1013
1014(* func - This type represents a function definition itself. *)
1015type func = Function of proto * expr
1016</pre>
1017</dd>
1018
1019<dt>parser.ml:</dt>
1020<dd class="doc_code">
1021<pre>
1022(*===---------------------------------------------------------------------===
1023 * Parser
1024 *===---------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
1025
1026(* binop_precedence - This holds the precedence for each binary operator that is
1027 * defined *)
1028let binop_precedence:(char, int) Hashtbl.t = Hashtbl.create 10
1029
1030(* precedence - Get the precedence of the pending binary operator token. *)
1031let precedence c = try Hashtbl.find binop_precedence c with Not_found -&gt; -1
1032
1033(* primary
1034 *   ::= identifier
1035 *   ::= numberexpr
1036 *   ::= parenexpr
1037 *   ::= ifexpr
1038 *   ::= forexpr *)
1039let rec parse_primary = parser
1040  (* numberexpr ::= number *)
1041  | [&lt; 'Token.Number n &gt;] -&gt; Ast.Number n
1042
1043  (* parenexpr ::= '(' expression ')' *)
1044  | [&lt; 'Token.Kwd '('; e=parse_expr; 'Token.Kwd ')' ?? "expected ')'" &gt;] -&gt; e
1045
1046  (* identifierexpr
1047   *   ::= identifier
1048   *   ::= identifier '(' argumentexpr ')' *)
1049  | [&lt; 'Token.Ident id; stream &gt;] -&gt;
1050      let rec parse_args accumulator = parser
1051        | [&lt; e=parse_expr; stream &gt;] -&gt;
1052            begin parser
1053              | [&lt; 'Token.Kwd ','; e=parse_args (e :: accumulator) &gt;] -&gt; e
1054              | [&lt; &gt;] -&gt; e :: accumulator
1055            end stream
1056        | [&lt; &gt;] -&gt; accumulator
1057      in
1058      let rec parse_ident id = parser
1059        (* Call. *)
1060        | [&lt; 'Token.Kwd '(';
1061             args=parse_args [];
1062             'Token.Kwd ')' ?? "expected ')'"&gt;] -&gt;
1063            Ast.Call (id, Array.of_list (List.rev args))
1064
1065        (* Simple variable ref. *)
1066        | [&lt; &gt;] -&gt; Ast.Variable id
1067      in
1068      parse_ident id stream
1069
1070  (* ifexpr ::= 'if' expr 'then' expr 'else' expr *)
1071  | [&lt; 'Token.If; c=parse_expr;
1072       'Token.Then ?? "expected 'then'"; t=parse_expr;
1073       'Token.Else ?? "expected 'else'"; e=parse_expr &gt;] -&gt;
1074      Ast.If (c, t, e)
1075
1076  (* forexpr
1077        ::= 'for' identifier '=' expr ',' expr (',' expr)? 'in' expression *)
1078  | [&lt; 'Token.For;
1079       'Token.Ident id ?? "expected identifier after for";
1080       'Token.Kwd '=' ?? "expected '=' after for";
1081       stream &gt;] -&gt;
1082      begin parser
1083        | [&lt;
1084             start=parse_expr;
1085             'Token.Kwd ',' ?? "expected ',' after for";
1086             end_=parse_expr;
1087             stream &gt;] -&gt;
1088            let step =
1089              begin parser
1090              | [&lt; 'Token.Kwd ','; step=parse_expr &gt;] -&gt; Some step
1091              | [&lt; &gt;] -&gt; None
1092              end stream
1093            in
1094            begin parser
1095            | [&lt; 'Token.In; body=parse_expr &gt;] -&gt;
1096                Ast.For (id, start, end_, step, body)
1097            | [&lt; &gt;] -&gt;
1098                raise (Stream.Error "expected 'in' after for")
1099            end stream
1100        | [&lt; &gt;] -&gt;
1101            raise (Stream.Error "expected '=' after for")
1102      end stream
1103
1104  | [&lt; &gt;] -&gt; raise (Stream.Error "unknown token when expecting an expression.")
1105
1106(* binoprhs
1107 *   ::= ('+' primary)* *)
1108and parse_bin_rhs expr_prec lhs stream =
1109  match Stream.peek stream with
1110  (* If this is a binop, find its precedence. *)
1111  | Some (Token.Kwd c) when Hashtbl.mem binop_precedence c -&gt;
1112      let token_prec = precedence c in
1113
1114      (* If this is a binop that binds at least as tightly as the current binop,
1115       * consume it, otherwise we are done. *)
1116      if token_prec &lt; expr_prec then lhs else begin
1117        (* Eat the binop. *)
1118        Stream.junk stream;
1119
1120        (* Parse the primary expression after the binary operator. *)
1121        let rhs = parse_primary stream in
1122
1123        (* Okay, we know this is a binop. *)
1124        let rhs =
1125          match Stream.peek stream with
1126          | Some (Token.Kwd c2) -&gt;
1127              (* If BinOp binds less tightly with rhs than the operator after
1128               * rhs, let the pending operator take rhs as its lhs. *)
1129              let next_prec = precedence c2 in
1130              if token_prec &lt; next_prec
1131              then parse_bin_rhs (token_prec + 1) rhs stream
1132              else rhs
1133          | _ -&gt; rhs
1134        in
1135
1136        (* Merge lhs/rhs. *)
1137        let lhs = Ast.Binary (c, lhs, rhs) in
1138        parse_bin_rhs expr_prec lhs stream
1139      end
1140  | _ -&gt; lhs
1141
1142(* expression
1143 *   ::= primary binoprhs *)
1144and parse_expr = parser
1145  | [&lt; lhs=parse_primary; stream &gt;] -&gt; parse_bin_rhs 0 lhs stream
1146
1147(* prototype
1148 *   ::= id '(' id* ')' *)
1149let parse_prototype =
1150  let rec parse_args accumulator = parser
1151    | [&lt; 'Token.Ident id; e=parse_args (id::accumulator) &gt;] -&gt; e
1152    | [&lt; &gt;] -&gt; accumulator
1153  in
1154
1155  parser
1156  | [&lt; 'Token.Ident id;
1157       'Token.Kwd '(' ?? "expected '(' in prototype";
1158       args=parse_args [];
1159       'Token.Kwd ')' ?? "expected ')' in prototype" &gt;] -&gt;
1160      (* success. *)
1161      Ast.Prototype (id, Array.of_list (List.rev args))
1162
1163  | [&lt; &gt;] -&gt;
1164      raise (Stream.Error "expected function name in prototype")
1165
1166(* definition ::= 'def' prototype expression *)
1167let parse_definition = parser
1168  | [&lt; 'Token.Def; p=parse_prototype; e=parse_expr &gt;] -&gt;
1169      Ast.Function (p, e)
1170
1171(* toplevelexpr ::= expression *)
1172let parse_toplevel = parser
1173  | [&lt; e=parse_expr &gt;] -&gt;
1174      (* Make an anonymous proto. *)
1175      Ast.Function (Ast.Prototype ("", [||]), e)
1176
1177(*  external ::= 'extern' prototype *)
1178let parse_extern = parser
1179  | [&lt; 'Token.Extern; e=parse_prototype &gt;] -&gt; e
1180</pre>
1181</dd>
1182
1183<dt>codegen.ml:</dt>
1184<dd class="doc_code">
1185<pre>
1186(*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
1187 * Code Generation
1188 *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
1189
1190open Llvm
1191
1192exception Error of string
1193
1194let context = global_context ()
1195let the_module = create_module context "my cool jit"
1196let builder = builder context
1197let named_values:(string, llvalue) Hashtbl.t = Hashtbl.create 10
1198let double_type = double_type context
1199
1200let rec codegen_expr = function
1201  | Ast.Number n -&gt; const_float double_type n
1202  | Ast.Variable name -&gt;
1203      (try Hashtbl.find named_values name with
1204        | Not_found -&gt; raise (Error "unknown variable name"))
1205  | Ast.Binary (op, lhs, rhs) -&gt;
1206      let lhs_val = codegen_expr lhs in
1207      let rhs_val = codegen_expr rhs in
1208      begin
1209        match op with
1210        | '+' -&gt; build_add lhs_val rhs_val "addtmp" builder
1211        | '-' -&gt; build_sub lhs_val rhs_val "subtmp" builder
1212        | '*' -&gt; build_mul lhs_val rhs_val "multmp" builder
1213        | '&lt;' -&gt;
1214            (* Convert bool 0/1 to double 0.0 or 1.0 *)
1215            let i = build_fcmp Fcmp.Ult lhs_val rhs_val "cmptmp" builder in
1216            build_uitofp i double_type "booltmp" builder
1217        | _ -&gt; raise (Error "invalid binary operator")
1218      end
1219  | Ast.Call (callee, args) -&gt;
1220      (* Look up the name in the module table. *)
1221      let callee =
1222        match lookup_function callee the_module with
1223        | Some callee -&gt; callee
1224        | None -&gt; raise (Error "unknown function referenced")
1225      in
1226      let params = params callee in
1227
1228      (* If argument mismatch error. *)
1229      if Array.length params == Array.length args then () else
1230        raise (Error "incorrect # arguments passed");
1231      let args = Array.map codegen_expr args in
1232      build_call callee args "calltmp" builder
1233  | Ast.If (cond, then_, else_) -&gt;
1234      let cond = codegen_expr cond in
1235
1236      (* Convert condition to a bool by comparing equal to 0.0 *)
1237      let zero = const_float double_type 0.0 in
1238      let cond_val = build_fcmp Fcmp.One cond zero "ifcond" builder in
1239
1240      (* Grab the first block so that we might later add the conditional branch
1241       * to it at the end of the function. *)
1242      let start_bb = insertion_block builder in
1243      let the_function = block_parent start_bb in
1244
1245      let then_bb = append_block context "then" the_function in
1246
1247      (* Emit 'then' value. *)
1248      position_at_end then_bb builder;
1249      let then_val = codegen_expr then_ in
1250
1251      (* Codegen of 'then' can change the current block, update then_bb for the
1252       * phi. We create a new name because one is used for the phi node, and the
1253       * other is used for the conditional branch. *)
1254      let new_then_bb = insertion_block builder in
1255
1256      (* Emit 'else' value. *)
1257      let else_bb = append_block context "else" the_function in
1258      position_at_end else_bb builder;
1259      let else_val = codegen_expr else_ in
1260
1261      (* Codegen of 'else' can change the current block, update else_bb for the
1262       * phi. *)
1263      let new_else_bb = insertion_block builder in
1264
1265      (* Emit merge block. *)
1266      let merge_bb = append_block context "ifcont" the_function in
1267      position_at_end merge_bb builder;
1268      let incoming = [(then_val, new_then_bb); (else_val, new_else_bb)] in
1269      let phi = build_phi incoming "iftmp" builder in
1270
1271      (* Return to the start block to add the conditional branch. *)
1272      position_at_end start_bb builder;
1273      ignore (build_cond_br cond_val then_bb else_bb builder);
1274
1275      (* Set a unconditional branch at the end of the 'then' block and the
1276       * 'else' block to the 'merge' block. *)
1277      position_at_end new_then_bb builder; ignore (build_br merge_bb builder);
1278      position_at_end new_else_bb builder; ignore (build_br merge_bb builder);
1279
1280      (* Finally, set the builder to the end of the merge block. *)
1281      position_at_end merge_bb builder;
1282
1283      phi
1284  | Ast.For (var_name, start, end_, step, body) -&gt;
1285      (* Emit the start code first, without 'variable' in scope. *)
1286      let start_val = codegen_expr start in
1287
1288      (* Make the new basic block for the loop header, inserting after current
1289       * block. *)
1290      let preheader_bb = insertion_block builder in
1291      let the_function = block_parent preheader_bb in
1292      let loop_bb = append_block context "loop" the_function in
1293
1294      (* Insert an explicit fall through from the current block to the
1295       * loop_bb. *)
1296      ignore (build_br loop_bb builder);
1297
1298      (* Start insertion in loop_bb. *)
1299      position_at_end loop_bb builder;
1300
1301      (* Start the PHI node with an entry for start. *)
1302      let variable = build_phi [(start_val, preheader_bb)] var_name builder in
1303
1304      (* Within the loop, the variable is defined equal to the PHI node. If it
1305       * shadows an existing variable, we have to restore it, so save it
1306       * now. *)
1307      let old_val =
1308        try Some (Hashtbl.find named_values var_name) with Not_found -&gt; None
1309      in
1310      Hashtbl.add named_values var_name variable;
1311
1312      (* Emit the body of the loop.  This, like any other expr, can change the
1313       * current BB.  Note that we ignore the value computed by the body, but
1314       * don't allow an error *)
1315      ignore (codegen_expr body);
1316
1317      (* Emit the step value. *)
1318      let step_val =
1319        match step with
1320        | Some step -&gt; codegen_expr step
1321        (* If not specified, use 1.0. *)
1322        | None -&gt; const_float double_type 1.0
1323      in
1324
1325      let next_var = build_add variable step_val "nextvar" builder in
1326
1327      (* Compute the end condition. *)
1328      let end_cond = codegen_expr end_ in
1329
1330      (* Convert condition to a bool by comparing equal to 0.0. *)
1331      let zero = const_float double_type 0.0 in
1332      let end_cond = build_fcmp Fcmp.One end_cond zero "loopcond" builder in
1333
1334      (* Create the "after loop" block and insert it. *)
1335      let loop_end_bb = insertion_block builder in
1336      let after_bb = append_block context "afterloop" the_function in
1337
1338      (* Insert the conditional branch into the end of loop_end_bb. *)
1339      ignore (build_cond_br end_cond loop_bb after_bb builder);
1340
1341      (* Any new code will be inserted in after_bb. *)
1342      position_at_end after_bb builder;
1343
1344      (* Add a new entry to the PHI node for the backedge. *)
1345      add_incoming (next_var, loop_end_bb) variable;
1346
1347      (* Restore the unshadowed variable. *)
1348      begin match old_val with
1349      | Some old_val -&gt; Hashtbl.add named_values var_name old_val
1350      | None -&gt; ()
1351      end;
1352
1353      (* for expr always returns 0.0. *)
1354      const_null double_type
1355
1356let codegen_proto = function
1357  | Ast.Prototype (name, args) -&gt;
1358      (* Make the function type: double(double,double) etc. *)
1359      let doubles = Array.make (Array.length args) double_type in
1360      let ft = function_type double_type doubles in
1361      let f =
1362        match lookup_function name the_module with
1363        | None -&gt; declare_function name ft the_module
1364
1365        (* If 'f' conflicted, there was already something named 'name'. If it
1366         * has a body, don't allow redefinition or reextern. *)
1367        | Some f -&gt;
1368            (* If 'f' already has a body, reject this. *)
1369            if block_begin f &lt;&gt; At_end f then
1370              raise (Error "redefinition of function");
1371
1372            (* If 'f' took a different number of arguments, reject. *)
1373            if element_type (type_of f) &lt;&gt; ft then
1374              raise (Error "redefinition of function with different # args");
1375            f
1376      in
1377
1378      (* Set names for all arguments. *)
1379      Array.iteri (fun i a -&gt;
1380        let n = args.(i) in
1381        set_value_name n a;
1382        Hashtbl.add named_values n a;
1383      ) (params f);
1384      f
1385
1386let codegen_func the_fpm = function
1387  | Ast.Function (proto, body) -&gt;
1388      Hashtbl.clear named_values;
1389      let the_function = codegen_proto proto in
1390
1391      (* Create a new basic block to start insertion into. *)
1392      let bb = append_block context "entry" the_function in
1393      position_at_end bb builder;
1394
1395      try
1396        let ret_val = codegen_expr body in
1397
1398        (* Finish off the function. *)
1399        let _ = build_ret ret_val builder in
1400
1401        (* Validate the generated code, checking for consistency. *)
1402        Llvm_analysis.assert_valid_function the_function;
1403
1404        (* Optimize the function. *)
1405        let _ = PassManager.run_function the_function the_fpm in
1406
1407        the_function
1408      with e -&gt;
1409        delete_function the_function;
1410        raise e
1411</pre>
1412</dd>
1413
1414<dt>toplevel.ml:</dt>
1415<dd class="doc_code">
1416<pre>
1417(*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
1418 * Top-Level parsing and JIT Driver
1419 *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
1420
1421open Llvm
1422open Llvm_executionengine
1423
1424(* top ::= definition | external | expression | ';' *)
1425let rec main_loop the_fpm the_execution_engine stream =
1426  match Stream.peek stream with
1427  | None -&gt; ()
1428
1429  (* ignore top-level semicolons. *)
1430  | Some (Token.Kwd ';') -&gt;
1431      Stream.junk stream;
1432      main_loop the_fpm the_execution_engine stream
1433
1434  | Some token -&gt;
1435      begin
1436        try match token with
1437        | Token.Def -&gt;
1438            let e = Parser.parse_definition stream in
1439            print_endline "parsed a function definition.";
1440            dump_value (Codegen.codegen_func the_fpm e);
1441        | Token.Extern -&gt;
1442            let e = Parser.parse_extern stream in
1443            print_endline "parsed an extern.";
1444            dump_value (Codegen.codegen_proto e);
1445        | _ -&gt;
1446            (* Evaluate a top-level expression into an anonymous function. *)
1447            let e = Parser.parse_toplevel stream in
1448            print_endline "parsed a top-level expr";
1449            let the_function = Codegen.codegen_func the_fpm e in
1450            dump_value the_function;
1451
1452            (* JIT the function, returning a function pointer. *)
1453            let result = ExecutionEngine.run_function the_function [||]
1454              the_execution_engine in
1455
1456            print_string "Evaluated to ";
1457            print_float (GenericValue.as_float Codegen.double_type result);
1458            print_newline ();
1459        with Stream.Error s | Codegen.Error s -&gt;
1460          (* Skip token for error recovery. *)
1461          Stream.junk stream;
1462          print_endline s;
1463      end;
1464      print_string "ready&gt; "; flush stdout;
1465      main_loop the_fpm the_execution_engine stream
1466</pre>
1467</dd>
1468
1469<dt>toy.ml:</dt>
1470<dd class="doc_code">
1471<pre>
1472(*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
1473 * Main driver code.
1474 *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
1475
1476open Llvm
1477open Llvm_executionengine
1478open Llvm_target
1479open Llvm_scalar_opts
1480
1481let main () =
1482  ignore (initialize_native_target ());
1483
1484  (* Install standard binary operators.
1485   * 1 is the lowest precedence. *)
1486  Hashtbl.add Parser.binop_precedence '&lt;' 10;
1487  Hashtbl.add Parser.binop_precedence '+' 20;
1488  Hashtbl.add Parser.binop_precedence '-' 20;
1489  Hashtbl.add Parser.binop_precedence '*' 40;    (* highest. *)
1490
1491  (* Prime the first token. *)
1492  print_string "ready&gt; "; flush stdout;
1493  let stream = Lexer.lex (Stream.of_channel stdin) in
1494
1495  (* Create the JIT. *)
1496  let the_execution_engine = ExecutionEngine.create Codegen.the_module in
1497  let the_fpm = PassManager.create_function Codegen.the_module in
1498
1499  (* Set up the optimizer pipeline.  Start with registering info about how the
1500   * target lays out data structures. *)
1501  TargetData.add (ExecutionEngine.target_data the_execution_engine) the_fpm;
1502
1503  (* Do simple "peephole" optimizations and bit-twiddling optzn. *)
1504  add_instruction_combination the_fpm;
1505
1506  (* reassociate expressions. *)
1507  add_reassociation the_fpm;
1508
1509  (* Eliminate Common SubExpressions. *)
1510  add_gvn the_fpm;
1511
1512  (* Simplify the control flow graph (deleting unreachable blocks, etc). *)
1513  add_cfg_simplification the_fpm;
1514
1515  ignore (PassManager.initialize the_fpm);
1516
1517  (* Run the main "interpreter loop" now. *)
1518  Toplevel.main_loop the_fpm the_execution_engine stream;
1519
1520  (* Print out all the generated code. *)
1521  dump_module Codegen.the_module
1522;;
1523
1524main ()
1525</pre>
1526</dd>
1527
1528<dt>bindings.c</dt>
1529<dd class="doc_code">
1530<pre>
1531#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
1532
1533/* putchard - putchar that takes a double and returns 0. */
1534extern double putchard(double X) {
1535  putchar((char)X);
1536  return 0;
1537}
1538</pre>
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