ModuleMaker.cpp revision 31895e73591d3c9ceae731a1274c8f56194b9616 
1//===- examples/ModuleMaker/ModuleMaker.cpp - Example project ---*- C++ -*-===//
2//
3//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
4//
5// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
6// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
7//
8//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
9//
10// This programs is a simple example that creates an LLVM module "from scratch",
11// emitting it as a bitcode file to standard out.  This is just to show how
12// LLVM projects work and to demonstrate some of the LLVM APIs.
13//
14//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
15
16#include "llvm/LLVMContext.h"
17#include "llvm/Module.h"
18#include "llvm/DerivedTypes.h"
19#include "llvm/Constants.h"
20#include "llvm/Instructions.h"
21#include "llvm/Bitcode/ReaderWriter.h"
22#include <iostream>
23using namespace llvm;
24
25int main() {
26  LLVMContext Context;
27
28  // Create the "module" or "program" or "translation unit" to hold the
29  // function
30  Module *M = new Module("test", Context);
31
32  // Create the main function: first create the type 'int ()'
33  FunctionType *FT = FunctionType::get(Type::Int32Ty, /*not vararg*/false);
34
35  // By passing a module as the last parameter to the Function constructor,
36  // it automatically gets appended to the Module.
37  Function *F = Function::Create(FT, Function::ExternalLinkage, "main", M);
38
39  // Add a basic block to the function... again, it automatically inserts
40  // because of the last argument.
41  BasicBlock *BB = BasicBlock::Create("EntryBlock", F);
42
43  // Get pointers to the constant integers...
44  Value *Two = ConstantInt::get(Type::Int32Ty, 2);
45  Value *Three = ConstantInt::get(Type::Int32Ty, 3);
46
47  // Create the add instruction... does not insert...
48  Instruction *Add = BinaryOperator::Create(Instruction::Add, Two, Three,
49                                            "addresult");
50
51  // explicitly insert it into the basic block...
52  BB->getInstList().push_back(Add);
53
54  // Create the return instruction and add it to the basic block
55  BB->getInstList().push_back(ReturnInst::Create(Add));
56
57  // Output the bitcode file to stdout
58  WriteBitcodeToFile(M, std::cout);
59
60  // Delete the module and all of its contents.
61  delete M;
62  return 0;
63}
64