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Sean Silvaee47edf2012-12-05 00:26:32 +00008Chapter 6 Introduction
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10
11Welcome to Chapter 6 of the "`Implementing a language with
12LLVM <index.html>`_" tutorial. At this point in our tutorial, we now
13have a fully functional language that is fairly minimal, but also
14useful. There is still one big problem with it, however. Our language
15doesn't have many useful operators (like division, logical negation, or
16even any comparisons besides less-than).
17
18This chapter of the tutorial takes a wild digression into adding
19user-defined operators to the simple and beautiful Kaleidoscope
20language. This digression now gives us a simple and ugly language in
21some ways, but also a powerful one at the same time. One of the great
22things about creating your own language is that you get to decide what
23is good or bad. In this tutorial we'll assume that it is okay to use
24this as a way to show some interesting parsing techniques.
25
26At the end of this tutorial, we'll run through an example Kaleidoscope
27application that `renders the Mandelbrot set <#example>`_. This gives an
28example of what you can build with Kaleidoscope and its feature set.
29
30User-defined Operators: the Idea
31================================
32
33The "operator overloading" that we will add to Kaleidoscope is more
34general than languages like C++. In C++, you are only allowed to
35redefine existing operators: you can't programatically change the
36grammar, introduce new operators, change precedence levels, etc. In this
37chapter, we will add this capability to Kaleidoscope, which will let the
38user round out the set of operators that are supported.
39
40The point of going into user-defined operators in a tutorial like this
41is to show the power and flexibility of using a hand-written parser.
42Thus far, the parser we have been implementing uses recursive descent
43for most parts of the grammar and operator precedence parsing for the
44expressions. See `Chapter 2 <LangImpl2.html>`_ for details. Without
45using operator precedence parsing, it would be very difficult to allow
46the programmer to introduce new operators into the grammar: the grammar
47is dynamically extensible as the JIT runs.
48
49The two specific features we'll add are programmable unary operators
50(right now, Kaleidoscope has no unary operators at all) as well as
51binary operators. An example of this is:
52
53::
54
55 # Logical unary not.
56 def unary!(v)
57 if v then
58 0
59 else
60 1;
61
62 # Define > with the same precedence as <.
63 def binary> 10 (LHS RHS)
64 RHS < LHS;
65
66 # Binary "logical or", (note that it does not "short circuit")
67 def binary| 5 (LHS RHS)
68 if LHS then
69 1
70 else if RHS then
71 1
72 else
73 0;
74
75 # Define = with slightly lower precedence than relationals.
76 def binary= 9 (LHS RHS)
77 !(LHS < RHS | LHS > RHS);
78
79Many languages aspire to being able to implement their standard runtime
80library in the language itself. In Kaleidoscope, we can implement
81significant parts of the language in the library!
82
83We will break down implementation of these features into two parts:
84implementing support for user-defined binary operators and adding unary
85operators.
86
87User-defined Binary Operators
88=============================
89
90Adding support for user-defined binary operators is pretty simple with
91our current framework. We'll first add support for the unary/binary
92keywords:
93
94.. code-block:: c++
95
96 enum Token {
97 ...
98 // operators
99 tok_binary = -11, tok_unary = -12
100 };
101 ...
102 static int gettok() {
103 ...
104 if (IdentifierStr == "for") return tok_for;
105 if (IdentifierStr == "in") return tok_in;
106 if (IdentifierStr == "binary") return tok_binary;
107 if (IdentifierStr == "unary") return tok_unary;
108 return tok_identifier;
109
110This just adds lexer support for the unary and binary keywords, like we
111did in `previous chapters <LangImpl5.html#iflexer>`_. One nice thing
112about our current AST, is that we represent binary operators with full
113generalisation by using their ASCII code as the opcode. For our extended
114operators, we'll use this same representation, so we don't need any new
115AST or parser support.
116
117On the other hand, we have to be able to represent the definitions of
118these new operators, in the "def binary\| 5" part of the function
119definition. In our grammar so far, the "name" for the function
120definition is parsed as the "prototype" production and into the
121``PrototypeAST`` AST node. To represent our new user-defined operators
122as prototypes, we have to extend the ``PrototypeAST`` AST node like
123this:
124
125.. code-block:: c++
126
127 /// PrototypeAST - This class represents the "prototype" for a function,
128 /// which captures its argument names as well as if it is an operator.
129 class PrototypeAST {
130 std::string Name;
131 std::vector<std::string> Args;
132 bool isOperator;
133 unsigned Precedence; // Precedence if a binary op.
134 public:
135 PrototypeAST(const std::string &name, const std::vector<std::string> &args,
136 bool isoperator = false, unsigned prec = 0)
137 : Name(name), Args(args), isOperator(isoperator), Precedence(prec) {}
138
139 bool isUnaryOp() const { return isOperator && Args.size() == 1; }
140 bool isBinaryOp() const { return isOperator && Args.size() == 2; }
141
142 char getOperatorName() const {
143 assert(isUnaryOp() || isBinaryOp());
144 return Name[Name.size()-1];
145 }
146
147 unsigned getBinaryPrecedence() const { return Precedence; }
148
149 Function *Codegen();
150 };
151
152Basically, in addition to knowing a name for the prototype, we now keep
153track of whether it was an operator, and if it was, what precedence
154level the operator is at. The precedence is only used for binary
155operators (as you'll see below, it just doesn't apply for unary
156operators). Now that we have a way to represent the prototype for a
157user-defined operator, we need to parse it:
158
159.. code-block:: c++
160
161 /// prototype
162 /// ::= id '(' id* ')'
163 /// ::= binary LETTER number? (id, id)
164 static PrototypeAST *ParsePrototype() {
165 std::string FnName;
166
167 unsigned Kind = 0; // 0 = identifier, 1 = unary, 2 = binary.
168 unsigned BinaryPrecedence = 30;
169
170 switch (CurTok) {
171 default:
172 return ErrorP("Expected function name in prototype");
173 case tok_identifier:
174 FnName = IdentifierStr;
175 Kind = 0;
176 getNextToken();
177 break;
178 case tok_binary:
179 getNextToken();
180 if (!isascii(CurTok))
181 return ErrorP("Expected binary operator");
182 FnName = "binary";
183 FnName += (char)CurTok;
184 Kind = 2;
185 getNextToken();
186
187 // Read the precedence if present.
188 if (CurTok == tok_number) {
189 if (NumVal < 1 || NumVal > 100)
190 return ErrorP("Invalid precedecnce: must be 1..100");
191 BinaryPrecedence = (unsigned)NumVal;
192 getNextToken();
193 }
194 break;
195 }
196
197 if (CurTok != '(')
198 return ErrorP("Expected '(' in prototype");
199
200 std::vector<std::string> ArgNames;
201 while (getNextToken() == tok_identifier)
202 ArgNames.push_back(IdentifierStr);
203 if (CurTok != ')')
204 return ErrorP("Expected ')' in prototype");
205
206 // success.
207 getNextToken(); // eat ')'.
208
209 // Verify right number of names for operator.
210 if (Kind && ArgNames.size() != Kind)
211 return ErrorP("Invalid number of operands for operator");
212
213 return new PrototypeAST(FnName, ArgNames, Kind != 0, BinaryPrecedence);
214 }
215
216This is all fairly straightforward parsing code, and we have already
217seen a lot of similar code in the past. One interesting part about the
218code above is the couple lines that set up ``FnName`` for binary
219operators. This builds names like "binary@" for a newly defined "@"
220operator. This then takes advantage of the fact that symbol names in the
221LLVM symbol table are allowed to have any character in them, including
222embedded nul characters.
223
224The next interesting thing to add, is codegen support for these binary
225operators. Given our current structure, this is a simple addition of a
226default case for our existing binary operator node:
227
228.. code-block:: c++
229
230 Value *BinaryExprAST::Codegen() {
231 Value *L = LHS->Codegen();
232 Value *R = RHS->Codegen();
233 if (L == 0 || R == 0) return 0;
234
235 switch (Op) {
236 case '+': return Builder.CreateFAdd(L, R, "addtmp");
237 case '-': return Builder.CreateFSub(L, R, "subtmp");
238 case '*': return Builder.CreateFMul(L, R, "multmp");
239 case '<':
240 L = Builder.CreateFCmpULT(L, R, "cmptmp");
241 // Convert bool 0/1 to double 0.0 or 1.0
242 return Builder.CreateUIToFP(L, Type::getDoubleTy(getGlobalContext()),
243 "booltmp");
244 default: break;
245 }
246
247 // If it wasn't a builtin binary operator, it must be a user defined one. Emit
248 // a call to it.
249 Function *F = TheModule->getFunction(std::string("binary")+Op);
250 assert(F && "binary operator not found!");
251
252 Value *Ops[2] = { L, R };
253 return Builder.CreateCall(F, Ops, "binop");
254 }
255
256As you can see above, the new code is actually really simple. It just
257does a lookup for the appropriate operator in the symbol table and
258generates a function call to it. Since user-defined operators are just
259built as normal functions (because the "prototype" boils down to a
260function with the right name) everything falls into place.
261
262The final piece of code we are missing, is a bit of top-level magic:
263
264.. code-block:: c++
265
266 Function *FunctionAST::Codegen() {
267 NamedValues.clear();
268
269 Function *TheFunction = Proto->Codegen();
270 if (TheFunction == 0)
271 return 0;
272
273 // If this is an operator, install it.
274 if (Proto->isBinaryOp())
275 BinopPrecedence[Proto->getOperatorName()] = Proto->getBinaryPrecedence();
276
277 // Create a new basic block to start insertion into.
278 BasicBlock *BB = BasicBlock::Create(getGlobalContext(), "entry", TheFunction);
279 Builder.SetInsertPoint(BB);
280
281 if (Value *RetVal = Body->Codegen()) {
282 ...
283
284Basically, before codegening a function, if it is a user-defined
285operator, we register it in the precedence table. This allows the binary
286operator parsing logic we already have in place to handle it. Since we
287are working on a fully-general operator precedence parser, this is all
288we need to do to "extend the grammar".
289
290Now we have useful user-defined binary operators. This builds a lot on
291the previous framework we built for other operators. Adding unary
292operators is a bit more challenging, because we don't have any framework
293for it yet - lets see what it takes.
294
295User-defined Unary Operators
296============================
297
298Since we don't currently support unary operators in the Kaleidoscope
299language, we'll need to add everything to support them. Above, we added
300simple support for the 'unary' keyword to the lexer. In addition to
301that, we need an AST node:
302
303.. code-block:: c++
304
305 /// UnaryExprAST - Expression class for a unary operator.
306 class UnaryExprAST : public ExprAST {
307 char Opcode;
308 ExprAST *Operand;
309 public:
310 UnaryExprAST(char opcode, ExprAST *operand)
311 : Opcode(opcode), Operand(operand) {}
312 virtual Value *Codegen();
313 };
314
315This AST node is very simple and obvious by now. It directly mirrors the
316binary operator AST node, except that it only has one child. With this,
317we need to add the parsing logic. Parsing a unary operator is pretty
318simple: we'll add a new function to do it:
319
320.. code-block:: c++
321
322 /// unary
323 /// ::= primary
324 /// ::= '!' unary
325 static ExprAST *ParseUnary() {
326 // If the current token is not an operator, it must be a primary expr.
327 if (!isascii(CurTok) || CurTok == '(' || CurTok == ',')
328 return ParsePrimary();
329
330 // If this is a unary operator, read it.
331 int Opc = CurTok;
332 getNextToken();
333 if (ExprAST *Operand = ParseUnary())
334 return new UnaryExprAST(Opc, Operand);
335 return 0;
336 }
337
338The grammar we add is pretty straightforward here. If we see a unary
339operator when parsing a primary operator, we eat the operator as a
340prefix and parse the remaining piece as another unary operator. This
341allows us to handle multiple unary operators (e.g. "!!x"). Note that
342unary operators can't have ambiguous parses like binary operators can,
343so there is no need for precedence information.
344
345The problem with this function, is that we need to call ParseUnary from
346somewhere. To do this, we change previous callers of ParsePrimary to
347call ParseUnary instead:
348
349.. code-block:: c++
350
351 /// binoprhs
352 /// ::= ('+' unary)*
353 static ExprAST *ParseBinOpRHS(int ExprPrec, ExprAST *LHS) {
354 ...
355 // Parse the unary expression after the binary operator.
356 ExprAST *RHS = ParseUnary();
357 if (!RHS) return 0;
358 ...
359 }
360 /// expression
361 /// ::= unary binoprhs
362 ///
363 static ExprAST *ParseExpression() {
364 ExprAST *LHS = ParseUnary();
365 if (!LHS) return 0;
366
367 return ParseBinOpRHS(0, LHS);
368 }
369
370With these two simple changes, we are now able to parse unary operators
371and build the AST for them. Next up, we need to add parser support for
372prototypes, to parse the unary operator prototype. We extend the binary
373operator code above with:
374
375.. code-block:: c++
376
377 /// prototype
378 /// ::= id '(' id* ')'
379 /// ::= binary LETTER number? (id, id)
380 /// ::= unary LETTER (id)
381 static PrototypeAST *ParsePrototype() {
382 std::string FnName;
383
384 unsigned Kind = 0; // 0 = identifier, 1 = unary, 2 = binary.
385 unsigned BinaryPrecedence = 30;
386
387 switch (CurTok) {
388 default:
389 return ErrorP("Expected function name in prototype");
390 case tok_identifier:
391 FnName = IdentifierStr;
392 Kind = 0;
393 getNextToken();
394 break;
395 case tok_unary:
396 getNextToken();
397 if (!isascii(CurTok))
398 return ErrorP("Expected unary operator");
399 FnName = "unary";
400 FnName += (char)CurTok;
401 Kind = 1;
402 getNextToken();
403 break;
404 case tok_binary:
405 ...
406
407As with binary operators, we name unary operators with a name that
408includes the operator character. This assists us at code generation
409time. Speaking of, the final piece we need to add is codegen support for
410unary operators. It looks like this:
411
412.. code-block:: c++
413
414 Value *UnaryExprAST::Codegen() {
415 Value *OperandV = Operand->Codegen();
416 if (OperandV == 0) return 0;
417
418 Function *F = TheModule->getFunction(std::string("unary")+Opcode);
419 if (F == 0)
420 return ErrorV("Unknown unary operator");
421
422 return Builder.CreateCall(F, OperandV, "unop");
423 }
424
425This code is similar to, but simpler than, the code for binary
426operators. It is simpler primarily because it doesn't need to handle any
427predefined operators.
428
429Kicking the Tires
430=================
431
432It is somewhat hard to believe, but with a few simple extensions we've
433covered in the last chapters, we have grown a real-ish language. With
434this, we can do a lot of interesting things, including I/O, math, and a
435bunch of other things. For example, we can now add a nice sequencing
436operator (printd is defined to print out the specified value and a
437newline):
438
439::
440
441 ready> extern printd(x);
442 Read extern:
443 declare double @printd(double)
444
445 ready> def binary : 1 (x y) 0; # Low-precedence operator that ignores operands.
446 ..
447 ready> printd(123) : printd(456) : printd(789);
448 123.000000
449 456.000000
450 789.000000
451 Evaluated to 0.000000
452
453We can also define a bunch of other "primitive" operations, such as:
454
455::
456
457 # Logical unary not.
458 def unary!(v)
459 if v then
460 0
461 else
462 1;
463
464 # Unary negate.
465 def unary-(v)
466 0-v;
467
468 # Define > with the same precedence as <.
469 def binary> 10 (LHS RHS)
470 RHS < LHS;
471
472 # Binary logical or, which does not short circuit.
473 def binary| 5 (LHS RHS)
474 if LHS then
475 1
476 else if RHS then
477 1
478 else
479 0;
480
481 # Binary logical and, which does not short circuit.
482 def binary& 6 (LHS RHS)
483 if !LHS then
484 0
485 else
486 !!RHS;
487
488 # Define = with slightly lower precedence than relationals.
489 def binary = 9 (LHS RHS)
490 !(LHS < RHS | LHS > RHS);
491
492 # Define ':' for sequencing: as a low-precedence operator that ignores operands
493 # and just returns the RHS.
494 def binary : 1 (x y) y;
495
496Given the previous if/then/else support, we can also define interesting
497functions for I/O. For example, the following prints out a character
498whose "density" reflects the value passed in: the lower the value, the
499denser the character:
500
501::
502
503 ready>
504
505 extern putchard(char)
506 def printdensity(d)
507 if d > 8 then
508 putchard(32) # ' '
509 else if d > 4 then
510 putchard(46) # '.'
511 else if d > 2 then
512 putchard(43) # '+'
513 else
514 putchard(42); # '*'
515 ...
516 ready> printdensity(1): printdensity(2): printdensity(3):
517 printdensity(4): printdensity(5): printdensity(9):
518 putchard(10);
519 **++.
520 Evaluated to 0.000000
521
522Based on these simple primitive operations, we can start to define more
523interesting things. For example, here's a little function that solves
524for the number of iterations it takes a function in the complex plane to
525converge:
526
527::
528
529 # Determine whether the specific location diverges.
530 # Solve for z = z^2 + c in the complex plane.
531 def mandleconverger(real imag iters creal cimag)
532 if iters > 255 | (real*real + imag*imag > 4) then
533 iters
534 else
535 mandleconverger(real*real - imag*imag + creal,
536 2*real*imag + cimag,
537 iters+1, creal, cimag);
538
539 # Return the number of iterations required for the iteration to escape
540 def mandleconverge(real imag)
541 mandleconverger(real, imag, 0, real, imag);
542
543This "``z = z2 + c``" function is a beautiful little creature that is
544the basis for computation of the `Mandelbrot
545Set <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandelbrot_set>`_. Our
546``mandelconverge`` function returns the number of iterations that it
547takes for a complex orbit to escape, saturating to 255. This is not a
548very useful function by itself, but if you plot its value over a
549two-dimensional plane, you can see the Mandelbrot set. Given that we are
550limited to using putchard here, our amazing graphical output is limited,
551but we can whip together something using the density plotter above:
552
553::
554
555 # Compute and plot the mandlebrot set with the specified 2 dimensional range
556 # info.
557 def mandelhelp(xmin xmax xstep ymin ymax ystep)
558 for y = ymin, y < ymax, ystep in (
559 (for x = xmin, x < xmax, xstep in
560 printdensity(mandleconverge(x,y)))
561 : putchard(10)
562 )
563
564 # mandel - This is a convenient helper function for plotting the mandelbrot set
565 # from the specified position with the specified Magnification.
566 def mandel(realstart imagstart realmag imagmag)
567 mandelhelp(realstart, realstart+realmag*78, realmag,
568 imagstart, imagstart+imagmag*40, imagmag);
569
570Given this, we can try plotting out the mandlebrot set! Lets try it out:
571
572::
573
574 ready> mandel(-2.3, -1.3, 0.05, 0.07);
575 *******************************+++++++++++*************************************
576 *************************+++++++++++++++++++++++*******************************
577 **********************+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++****************************
578 *******************+++++++++++++++++++++.. ...++++++++*************************
579 *****************++++++++++++++++++++++.... ...+++++++++***********************
580 ***************+++++++++++++++++++++++..... ...+++++++++*********************
581 **************+++++++++++++++++++++++.... ....+++++++++********************
582 *************++++++++++++++++++++++...... .....++++++++*******************
583 ************+++++++++++++++++++++....... .......+++++++******************
584 ***********+++++++++++++++++++.... ... .+++++++*****************
585 **********+++++++++++++++++....... .+++++++****************
586 *********++++++++++++++........... ...+++++++***************
587 ********++++++++++++............ ...++++++++**************
588 ********++++++++++... .......... .++++++++**************
589 *******+++++++++..... .+++++++++*************
590 *******++++++++...... ..+++++++++*************
591 *******++++++....... ..+++++++++*************
592 *******+++++...... ..+++++++++*************
593 *******.... .... ...+++++++++*************
594 *******.... . ...+++++++++*************
595 *******+++++...... ...+++++++++*************
596 *******++++++....... ..+++++++++*************
597 *******++++++++...... .+++++++++*************
598 *******+++++++++..... ..+++++++++*************
599 ********++++++++++... .......... .++++++++**************
600 ********++++++++++++............ ...++++++++**************
601 *********++++++++++++++.......... ...+++++++***************
602 **********++++++++++++++++........ .+++++++****************
603 **********++++++++++++++++++++.... ... ..+++++++****************
604 ***********++++++++++++++++++++++....... .......++++++++*****************
605 ************+++++++++++++++++++++++...... ......++++++++******************
606 **************+++++++++++++++++++++++.... ....++++++++********************
607 ***************+++++++++++++++++++++++..... ...+++++++++*********************
608 *****************++++++++++++++++++++++.... ...++++++++***********************
609 *******************+++++++++++++++++++++......++++++++*************************
610 *********************++++++++++++++++++++++.++++++++***************************
611 *************************+++++++++++++++++++++++*******************************
612 ******************************+++++++++++++************************************
613 *******************************************************************************
614 *******************************************************************************
615 *******************************************************************************
616 Evaluated to 0.000000
617 ready> mandel(-2, -1, 0.02, 0.04);
618 **************************+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
619 ***********************++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
620 *********************+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++.
621 *******************+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...
622 *****************+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++.....
623 ***************++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++........
624 **************++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...........
625 ************+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++..............
626 ***********++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++........ .
627 **********++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++.............
628 ********+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++..................
629 *******+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++.......................
630 ******+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...........................
631 *****++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++............................
632 *****++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...............................
633 ****++++++++++++++++++++++++++...... .........................
634 ***++++++++++++++++++++++++......... ...... ...........
635 ***++++++++++++++++++++++............
636 **+++++++++++++++++++++..............
637 **+++++++++++++++++++................
638 *++++++++++++++++++.................
639 *++++++++++++++++............ ...
640 *++++++++++++++..............
641 *+++....++++................
642 *.......... ...........
643 *
644 *.......... ...........
645 *+++....++++................
646 *++++++++++++++..............
647 *++++++++++++++++............ ...
648 *++++++++++++++++++.................
649 **+++++++++++++++++++................
650 **+++++++++++++++++++++..............
651 ***++++++++++++++++++++++............
652 ***++++++++++++++++++++++++......... ...... ...........
653 ****++++++++++++++++++++++++++...... .........................
654 *****++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...............................
655 *****++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++............................
656 ******+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...........................
657 *******+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++.......................
658 ********+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++..................
659 Evaluated to 0.000000
660 ready> mandel(-0.9, -1.4, 0.02, 0.03);
661 *******************************************************************************
662 *******************************************************************************
663 *******************************************************************************
664 **********+++++++++++++++++++++************************************************
665 *+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++***************************************
666 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++**********************************
667 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*****************************
668 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*************************
669 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++**********************
670 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++.........++++++++++++++++++*******************
671 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++.... ......+++++++++++++++++++****************
672 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++....... ........+++++++++++++++++++**************
673 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++........ ........++++++++++++++++++++************
674 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++......... .. ...+++++++++++++++++++++**********
675 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++........... ....++++++++++++++++++++++********
676 ++++++++++++++++++++++++............. .......++++++++++++++++++++++******
677 +++++++++++++++++++++++............. ........+++++++++++++++++++++++****
678 ++++++++++++++++++++++........... ..........++++++++++++++++++++++***
679 ++++++++++++++++++++........... .........++++++++++++++++++++++*
680 ++++++++++++++++++............ ...........++++++++++++++++++++
681 ++++++++++++++++............... .............++++++++++++++++++
682 ++++++++++++++................. ...............++++++++++++++++
683 ++++++++++++.................. .................++++++++++++++
684 +++++++++.................. .................+++++++++++++
685 ++++++........ . ......... ..++++++++++++
686 ++............ ...... ....++++++++++
687 .............. ...++++++++++
688 .............. ....+++++++++
689 .............. .....++++++++
690 ............. ......++++++++
691 ........... .......++++++++
692 ......... ........+++++++
693 ......... ........+++++++
694 ......... ....+++++++
695 ........ ...+++++++
696 ....... ...+++++++
697 ....+++++++
698 .....+++++++
699 ....+++++++
700 ....+++++++
701 ....+++++++
702 Evaluated to 0.000000
703 ready> ^D
704
705At this point, you may be starting to realize that Kaleidoscope is a
706real and powerful language. It may not be self-similar :), but it can be
707used to plot things that are!
708
709With this, we conclude the "adding user-defined operators" chapter of
710the tutorial. We have successfully augmented our language, adding the
711ability to extend the language in the library, and we have shown how
712this can be used to build a simple but interesting end-user application
713in Kaleidoscope. At this point, Kaleidoscope can build a variety of
714applications that are functional and can call functions with
715side-effects, but it can't actually define and mutate a variable itself.
716
717Strikingly, variable mutation is an important feature of some languages,
718and it is not at all obvious how to `add support for mutable
719variables <LangImpl7.html>`_ without having to add an "SSA construction"
720phase to your front-end. In the next chapter, we will describe how you
721can add variable mutation without building SSA in your front-end.
722
723Full Code Listing
724=================
725
726Here is the complete code listing for our running example, enhanced with
727the if/then/else and for expressions.. To build this example, use:
728
729.. code-block:: bash
730
731 # Compile
732 clang++ -g toy.cpp `llvm-config --cppflags --ldflags --libs core jit native` -O3 -o toy
733 # Run
734 ./toy
735
736On some platforms, you will need to specify -rdynamic or
737-Wl,--export-dynamic when linking. This ensures that symbols defined in
738the main executable are exported to the dynamic linker and so are
739available for symbol resolution at run time. This is not needed if you
740compile your support code into a shared library, although doing that
741will cause problems on Windows.
742
743Here is the code:
744
Logan Chien2dce4f22013-06-08 09:03:03 +0000745.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/Kaleidoscope/Chapter6/toy.cpp
746 :language: c++
Sean Silvaee47edf2012-12-05 00:26:32 +0000747
748`Next: Extending the language: mutable variables / SSA
749construction <LangImpl7.html>`_
750