[llvm-dev] llvm IR to C/C++ conversion

[Jeremy Lakeman via llvm-dev]

Skimming through the kaleidoscope tutorial should give you enough
clues on the "right" way to build IR using the LLVM C++ API's.

The cpp back end was removed because it had been broken for some time,
and didn't generate nice code anyway.

On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 4:03 AM, Abhishek Kumar via llvm-dev
<llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> Hello
> I am a beginner in llvm. In my one of the projects I need to convert llvm IR
> back into C/C++. I read on stackoverflow that llvm has discontinued this
> support. Can someone please explain me what are some drawbacks of such a
> conversion and can I use the old backend code safely with current versions
> of llvm to convert IR into C or if there is some other safe way to achieve
> so?
>
> Thanks
> Abhishek Kumar
>
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