[llvm-dev] Which python binding of LLVM is officially supported?

[Finkel, Hal J. via llvm-dev]

On 1/13/19 12:00 PM, Peng Yu via llvm-dev wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to program in a scripting language such as python as
> programming in a scripting language rather than C++ can improve the
> programming productivity.
>
> I see several python bindings of LLVM. But I am not sure which one is
> well supported.
>
> https://github.com/numba/llvmlite
> http://www.llvmpy.org/
>
> For llvmpy only work with LLVM 3.3, but now LLVM is already at 8.0.
> This sounds to be too outdated.
>
> llvmlite is tailored for Numba and the support is prioritized toward
> Numba.


While I understand why you might say this, I don't think that it's true
in practice.


>  So I don't think it is a good choice either.


llvmlite is the preferred Python binding. In the compilers class that I
teach, I introduce llvmlite for students who wish to use Python. It's
reasonably comprehensive (e.g., we've run into very few things that you
can do with the C API that you can't do with llvmlite). It appears to be
actively maintained.

 -Hal


>
> Is there any better well-supported python binding for LLVM? Thanks.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Peng
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Hal Finkel
Lead, Compiler Technology and Programming Languages
Leadership Computing Facility
Argonne National Laboratory