[LLVMdev] using external functions from llvm

[o.j.sivart at gmail.com]

You are adding the symbol as "lle_X_create_number_object" yet your error message implies you have tried to lookup and use "create_number_object". Can you provide the code for the lookup?

On 20/08/2010, at 8:07 AM, Alec Benzer wrote:

> Is there documentation somewhere on how to call external functions from llvm? The only guide I found was this: http://www.gearleaf.com/blog/post/44, and it doesn't seem to be working for me.
> 
> I have a function:
> 
> llvm::GenericValue lle_X_create_number_object(llvm::FunctionType* ft, const std::vector<llvm::GenericValue>& args)
> {
>   llvm_object_structure* result = new llvm_object_structure;
>   result->typeIdx = TypeSystem::number;
>   result->data = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(new double(args[0].DoubleVal));
>   llvm::GenericValue gv;
>   gv.PointerVal = reinterpret_cast<void*>(result);
>   return gv;
> }
> 
> defined in an extern "C" block. I add it as a symbol with: 
> 
> llvm::sys::DynamicLibrary::AddSymbol("lle_X_create_number_object",(void*)lle_X_create_number_object);
> 
> yet when attempting to call it I still get: "LLVM ERROR: Program used external function 'create_number_object' which could not be resolved!"
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