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+//===------------------------------------------------------------------------===
+// LLVM 'AS' UTILITY 
+//
+//  This utility may be invoked in the following manner:
+//   as --help     - Output information about command line switches
+//   as [options]      - Read LLVM assembly from stdin, write bytecode to stdout
+//   as [options] x.ll - Read LLVM assembly from the x.ll file, write bytecode
+//                       to the x.bc file.
+//
+//===------------------------------------------------------------------------===
+
+#include <iostream.h>
+#include <fstream.h>
+#include <string>
+#include "llvm/Module.h"
+#include "llvm/Assembly/Parser.h"
+#include "llvm/Assembly/Writer.h"
+#include "llvm/Bytecode/Writer.h"
+#include "llvm/Tools/CommandLine.h"
+
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  ToolCommandLine Opts(argc, argv);
+  bool DumpAsm = false;
+
+  for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+    if (string(argv[i]) == string("-d")) {
+      argv[i] = 0; DumpAsm = true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  bool PrintMessage = false;
+  for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+    if (argv[i] == 0) continue;
+
+    if (string(argv[i]) == string("--help")) {
+      PrintMessage = true;
+    } else {
+      cerr << argv[0] << ": argument not recognized: '" << argv[i] << "'!\n";
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (PrintMessage) {
+    cerr << argv[0] << " usage:\n"
+         << "  " << argv[0] << " --help  - Print this usage information\n" 
+         << "  " << argv[0] << " x.ll    - Parse <x.ll> file and output "
+         << "bytecodes to x.bc\n"
+         << "  " << argv[0] << "         - Parse stdin and write to stdout.\n";
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  ostream *Out = &cout;    // Default to output to stdout...
+  try {
+    // Parse the file now...
+    Module *C = ParseAssemblyFile(Opts);
+    if (C == 0) {
+      cerr << "assembly didn't read correctly.\n";
+      return 1;
+    }
+  
+    if (DumpAsm) 
+      cerr << "Here's the assembly:\n" << C;
+  
+    if (Opts.getOutputFilename() != "-") {
+      Out = new ofstream(Opts.getOutputFilename().c_str(), 
+			 (Opts.getForce() ? 0 : ios::noreplace)|ios::out);
+      if (!Out->good()) {
+        cerr << "Error opening " << Opts.getOutputFilename() << "!\n";
+	delete C;
+	return 1;
+      }
+    }
+   
+    WriteBytecodeToFile(C, *Out);
+
+    delete C;
+  } catch (const ParseException &E) {
+    cerr << E.getMessage() << endl;
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  if (Out != &cout) delete Out;
+  return 0;
+}
+