[LLVMdev] JVM Backend

[Jon Harrop]

On Saturday 28 November 2009 06:20:39 David Roberts wrote:
> > How do you handle tail calls and value types?
>
> I haven't worried too much about optimisation yet, so it doesn't do
> anything special for tail calls (although neither does the java
> compiler). LLVM types are translated to their equivalent java
> primitive type (or currently it raises an assertion if there is no
> equivalent type).

So it will stack overflow on tail calls and break with run-time errors on 
structs?

I would love to be able to evaluate LLVM IR in a safe environment (like the 
JVM) for debugging purposes but this is too incomplete to be useful for me: 
my IR depends heavily upon tail calls and value types. Unfortunately, the 
MSIL backend and lli are also incomplete and, therefore, useless for me too.

As Chris said, the LLVM world really needs any fully working solution rather 
than a selection of incomplete solutions.

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Dr Jon Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd.
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