[cfe-dev] What llvm class does the clang use instead of llvm::ExecutionEngine?

[Journeyer J. Joh]

Hi Sean Silva,

This time also you.
Thank you. I appreciate your help.

Sincerely
Journeyer

2012/10/26 Sean Silva <silvas at purdue.edu>:
> Clang's codegen generates an llvm::Module with all the relevant code.
> Once that is made, there are a number of LLVM API's which can be used
> to operate on it, one of which is the ExecutionEngine API's which will
> execute it; however, Clang doesn't JIT, so it really doesn't need
> that, as you observed. The main function you want to look at for what
> Clang does with the Module is clang::EmitBackendOutput() in
> clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp.
>
> You may want to look at llc (in $LLVM_ROOT/tools/llc/) for a simpler
> example of the same general idea.
>
> -- Sean Silva
>
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Journeyer J. Joh
> <oosaprogrammer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello list,
>>
>> I have a simple question.
>>
>> Q: What llvm class does the clang use instead of llvm::ExecutionEngine?
>>
>> I am studying clang and llvm tutorial.
>> In the llvm tutorial, a functional language - kaleidoscope - is explained.
>> For kaleidoscope, llvm::ExecutionEngine is used to JIT.
>> So I searched it in clang. But the class is not used in clang at all.
>> llvm::ExecutionEngine is for JIT compilation and Interpreter.
>>
>> So I want to know then in clang what is used instead of llvm::ExecutionEngine.
>>
>> I am looking in the source code but I welcome some help if possible.
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>> Best regards
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