[llvm-dev] A "Cross-Platform Runtime Library API" in LLVM IR

[Matthias Braun via llvm-dev]

> On May 22, 2016, at 10:31 AM, Lorenzo Laneve via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
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> My idea is an API where anyone can build a Runtime Library for any backend, including a set of functions people can inline/rename creating functions the frontend can include in the IR.
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> For example implementing a cross-platform runtime function that allocates memory for a new object. (Obviously the library will have to be compiled for each target).
Memory allocation is usually considered part of libc. There are several libc implementations that target multiple architectures. musl, glibc, newlib, diet libc to name just a few.

- Matthias