[LLVMdev] Re: how to code a loop in llvm assembly

[Chris Lattner]

On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Joseph Altea wrote:

> I also suffer from the same C++ allergy notably shoot in foot with 
> dynamic grammers and overloading.. creates gasey code 
> feeling..especially in the backend.. :)cheers!

I have no idea what this is supposed to mean: "creates gasey code 
feeling..especially in the backend.."

However, if there is serious interest, many people would like an easy to 
use C wrapper around the LLVM API's.

libjit, for all its flaws, seems to have a pretty reasonable C api, one 
that would be trivial to implement with LLVM: 
http://www.southern-storm.com.au/doc/libjit/libjit_toc.html

If someone wanted to write a libjit-compatible C interface, or something 
completely different, but similar in spirit, it would be a very cool and 
useful project, and would fit in naturally with the rest of the LLVM 
libraries.

This is a way that those with "C++ Allergies" could band together and help 
each other out :)

-Chris


> Simon Burton <simon at arrowtheory.com> wrote: On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 07:47:00 +0200
> Oscar Fuentes  wrote:
>
>>
>> BTW, Simon, is there a reason for writing LLVM assembler and not
>> generating LLVM code directly?
>
> You mean write C++ code that calls the LLVM library ?
> I have a mild C++ allergy that I don't wish to aggravate.
>
>> The later is simpler and relieves you
>> from some nasty burdens.
>
> Yes, i'm finding it quite hairy!
>
> :)
>
> Simon.
>
>

-Chris

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