#!/usr/bin/env python # Import the llvm-py modules. from llvm import * from llvm.core import * import logging import unittest class TestExample(unittest.TestCase): def test_example(self): # Create an (empty) module. my_module = Module.new('my_module') # All the types involved here are "int"s. This type is represented # by an object of the llvm.core.Type class: ty_int = Type.int() # by default 32 bits # We need to represent the class of functions that accept two integers # and return an integer. This is represented by an object of the # function type (llvm.core.FunctionType): ty_func = Type.function(ty_int, [ty_int, ty_int]) # Now we need a function named 'sum' of this type. Functions are not # free-standing (in llvm-py); it needs to be contained in a module. f_sum = my_module.add_function(ty_func, "sum") self.assertEqual(str(f_sum).strip(), 'declare i32 @sum(i32, i32)') # Let's name the function arguments as 'a' and 'b'. f_sum.args[0].name = "a" f_sum.args[1].name = "b" # Our function needs a "basic block" -- a set of instructions that # end with a terminator (like return, branch etc.). By convention # the first block is called "entry". bb = f_sum.append_basic_block("entry") # Let's add instructions into the block. For this, we need an # instruction builder: builder = Builder.new(bb) # OK, now for the instructions themselves. We'll create an add # instruction that returns the sum as a value, which we'll use # a ret instruction to return. tmp = builder.add(f_sum.args[0], f_sum.args[1], "tmp") self.assertEqual(str(tmp).strip(), '%tmp = add i32 %a, %b') builder.ret(tmp) # We've completed the definition now! Let's see the LLVM assembly # language representation of what we've created: logging.debug(my_module) if __name__ == '__main__': unittest.main()