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+==================================================
+Kaleidoscope: Extending the Language: Control Flow
+==================================================
+
+.. contents::
+ :local:
+
+Written by `Chris Lattner <mailto:sabre@nondot.org>`_ and `Erick
+Tryzelaar <mailto:idadesub@users.sourceforge.net>`_
+
+Chapter 5 Introduction
+======================
+
+Welcome to Chapter 5 of the "`Implementing a language with
+LLVM <index.html>`_" tutorial. Parts 1-4 described the implementation of
+the simple Kaleidoscope language and included support for generating
+LLVM IR, followed by optimizations and a JIT compiler. Unfortunately, as
+presented, Kaleidoscope is mostly useless: it has no control flow other
+than call and return. This means that you can't have conditional
+branches in the code, significantly limiting its power. In this episode
+of "build that compiler", we'll extend Kaleidoscope to have an
+if/then/else expression plus a simple 'for' loop.
+
+If/Then/Else
+============
+
+Extending Kaleidoscope to support if/then/else is quite straightforward.
+It basically requires adding lexer support for this "new" concept to the
+lexer, parser, AST, and LLVM code emitter. This example is nice, because
+it shows how easy it is to "grow" a language over time, incrementally
+extending it as new ideas are discovered.
+
+Before we get going on "how" we add this extension, lets talk about
+"what" we want. The basic idea is that we want to be able to write this
+sort of thing:
+
+::
+
+ def fib(x)
+ if x < 3 then
+ 1
+ else
+ fib(x-1)+fib(x-2);
+
+In Kaleidoscope, every construct is an expression: there are no
+statements. As such, the if/then/else expression needs to return a value
+like any other. Since we're using a mostly functional form, we'll have
+it evaluate its conditional, then return the 'then' or 'else' value
+based on how the condition was resolved. This is very similar to the C
+"?:" expression.
+
+The semantics of the if/then/else expression is that it evaluates the
+condition to a boolean equality value: 0.0 is considered to be false and
+everything else is considered to be true. If the condition is true, the
+first subexpression is evaluated and returned, if the condition is
+false, the second subexpression is evaluated and returned. Since
+Kaleidoscope allows side-effects, this behavior is important to nail
+down.
+
+Now that we know what we "want", lets break this down into its
+constituent pieces.
+
+Lexer Extensions for If/Then/Else
+---------------------------------
+
+The lexer extensions are straightforward. First we add new variants for
+the relevant tokens:
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (* control *)
+ | If | Then | Else | For | In
+
+Once we have that, we recognize the new keywords in the lexer. This is
+pretty simple stuff:
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ ...
+ match Buffer.contents buffer with
+ | "def" -> [< 'Token.Def; stream >]
+ | "extern" -> [< 'Token.Extern; stream >]
+ | "if" -> [< 'Token.If; stream >]
+ | "then" -> [< 'Token.Then; stream >]
+ | "else" -> [< 'Token.Else; stream >]
+ | "for" -> [< 'Token.For; stream >]
+ | "in" -> [< 'Token.In; stream >]
+ | id -> [< 'Token.Ident id; stream >]
+
+AST Extensions for If/Then/Else
+-------------------------------
+
+To represent the new expression we add a new AST variant for it:
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ type expr =
+ ...
+ (* variant for if/then/else. *)
+ | If of expr * expr * expr
+
+The AST variant just has pointers to the various subexpressions.
+
+Parser Extensions for If/Then/Else
+----------------------------------
+
+Now that we have the relevant tokens coming from the lexer and we have
+the AST node to build, our parsing logic is relatively straightforward.
+First we define a new parsing function:
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ let rec parse_primary = parser
+ ...
+ (* ifexpr ::= 'if' expr 'then' expr 'else' expr *)
+ | [< 'Token.If; c=parse_expr;
+ 'Token.Then ?? "expected 'then'"; t=parse_expr;
+ 'Token.Else ?? "expected 'else'"; e=parse_expr >] ->
+ Ast.If (c, t, e)
+
+Next we hook it up as a primary expression:
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ let rec parse_primary = parser
+ ...
+ (* ifexpr ::= 'if' expr 'then' expr 'else' expr *)
+ | [< 'Token.If; c=parse_expr;
+ 'Token.Then ?? "expected 'then'"; t=parse_expr;
+ 'Token.Else ?? "expected 'else'"; e=parse_expr >] ->
+ Ast.If (c, t, e)
+
+LLVM IR for If/Then/Else
+------------------------
+
+Now that we have it parsing and building the AST, the final piece is
+adding LLVM code generation support. This is the most interesting part
+of the if/then/else example, because this is where it starts to
+introduce new concepts. All of the code above has been thoroughly
+described in previous chapters.
+
+To motivate the code we want to produce, lets take a look at a simple
+example. Consider:
+
+::
+
+ extern foo();
+ extern bar();
+ def baz(x) if x then foo() else bar();
+
+If you disable optimizations, the code you'll (soon) get from
+Kaleidoscope looks like this:
+
+.. code-block:: llvm
+
+ declare double @foo()
+
+ declare double @bar()
+
+ define double @baz(double %x) {
+ entry:
+ %ifcond = fcmp one double %x, 0.000000e+00
+ br i1 %ifcond, label %then, label %else
+
+ then: ; preds = %entry
+ %calltmp = call double @foo()
+ br label %ifcont
+
+ else: ; preds = %entry
+ %calltmp1 = call double @bar()
+ br label %ifcont
+
+ ifcont: ; preds = %else, %then
+ %iftmp = phi double [ %calltmp, %then ], [ %calltmp1, %else ]
+ ret double %iftmp
+ }
+
+To visualize the control flow graph, you can use a nifty feature of the
+LLVM '`opt <http://llvm.org/cmds/opt.html>`_' tool. If you put this LLVM
+IR into "t.ll" and run "``llvm-as < t.ll | opt -analyze -view-cfg``", `a
+window will pop up <../ProgrammersManual.html#ViewGraph>`_ and you'll
+see this graph:
+
+.. figure:: LangImpl5-cfg.png
+ :align: center
+ :alt: Example CFG
+
+ Example CFG
+
+Another way to get this is to call
+"``Llvm_analysis.view_function_cfg f``" or
+"``Llvm_analysis.view_function_cfg_only f``" (where ``f`` is a
+"``Function``") either by inserting actual calls into the code and
+recompiling or by calling these in the debugger. LLVM has many nice
+features for visualizing various graphs.
+
+Getting back to the generated code, it is fairly simple: the entry block
+evaluates the conditional expression ("x" in our case here) and compares
+the result to 0.0 with the "``fcmp one``" instruction ('one' is "Ordered
+and Not Equal"). Based on the result of this expression, the code jumps
+to either the "then" or "else" blocks, which contain the expressions for
+the true/false cases.
+
+Once the then/else blocks are finished executing, they both branch back
+to the 'ifcont' block to execute the code that happens after the
+if/then/else. In this case the only thing left to do is to return to the
+caller of the function. The question then becomes: how does the code
+know which expression to return?
+
+The answer to this question involves an important SSA operation: the
+`Phi
+operation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_single_assignment_form>`_.
+If you're not familiar with SSA, `the wikipedia
+article <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_single_assignment_form>`_
+is a good introduction and there are various other introductions to it
+available on your favorite search engine. The short version is that
+"execution" of the Phi operation requires "remembering" which block
+control came from. The Phi operation takes on the value corresponding to
+the input control block. In this case, if control comes in from the
+"then" block, it gets the value of "calltmp". If control comes from the
+"else" block, it gets the value of "calltmp1".
+
+At this point, you are probably starting to think "Oh no! This means my
+simple and elegant front-end will have to start generating SSA form in
+order to use LLVM!". Fortunately, this is not the case, and we strongly
+advise *not* implementing an SSA construction algorithm in your
+front-end unless there is an amazingly good reason to do so. In
+practice, there are two sorts of values that float around in code
+written for your average imperative programming language that might need
+Phi nodes:
+
+#. Code that involves user variables: ``x = 1; x = x + 1;``
+#. Values that are implicit in the structure of your AST, such as the
+ Phi node in this case.
+
+In `Chapter 7 <OCamlLangImpl7.html>`_ of this tutorial ("mutable
+variables"), we'll talk about #1 in depth. For now, just believe me that
+you don't need SSA construction to handle this case. For #2, you have
+the choice of using the techniques that we will describe for #1, or you
+can insert Phi nodes directly, if convenient. In this case, it is really
+really easy to generate the Phi node, so we choose to do it directly.
+
+Okay, enough of the motivation and overview, lets generate code!
+
+Code Generation for If/Then/Else
+--------------------------------
+
+In order to generate code for this, we implement the ``Codegen`` method
+for ``IfExprAST``:
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ let rec codegen_expr = function
+ ...
+ | Ast.If (cond, then_, else_) ->
+ let cond = codegen_expr cond in
+
+ (* Convert condition to a bool by comparing equal to 0.0 *)
+ let zero = const_float double_type 0.0 in
+ let cond_val = build_fcmp Fcmp.One cond zero "ifcond" builder in
+
+This code is straightforward and similar to what we saw before. We emit
+the expression for the condition, then compare that value to zero to get
+a truth value as a 1-bit (bool) value.
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (* Grab the first block so that we might later add the conditional branch
+ * to it at the end of the function. *)
+ let start_bb = insertion_block builder in
+ let the_function = block_parent start_bb in
+
+ let then_bb = append_block context "then" the_function in
+ position_at_end then_bb builder;
+
+As opposed to the `C++ tutorial <LangImpl5.html>`_, we have to build our
+basic blocks bottom up since we can't have dangling BasicBlocks. We
+start off by saving a pointer to the first block (which might not be the
+entry block), which we'll need to build a conditional branch later. We
+do this by asking the ``builder`` for the current BasicBlock. The fourth
+line gets the current Function object that is being built. It gets this
+by the ``start_bb`` for its "parent" (the function it is currently
+embedded into).
+
+Once it has that, it creates one block. It is automatically appended
+into the function's list of blocks.
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (* Emit 'then' value. *)
+ position_at_end then_bb builder;
+ let then_val = codegen_expr then_ in
+
+ (* Codegen of 'then' can change the current block, update then_bb for the
+ * phi. We create a new name because one is used for the phi node, and the
+ * other is used for the conditional branch. *)
+ let new_then_bb = insertion_block builder in
+
+We move the builder to start inserting into the "then" block. Strictly
+speaking, this call moves the insertion point to be at the end of the
+specified block. However, since the "then" block is empty, it also
+starts out by inserting at the beginning of the block. :)
+
+Once the insertion point is set, we recursively codegen the "then"
+expression from the AST.
+
+The final line here is quite subtle, but is very important. The basic
+issue is that when we create the Phi node in the merge block, we need to
+set up the block/value pairs that indicate how the Phi will work.
+Importantly, the Phi node expects to have an entry for each predecessor
+of the block in the CFG. Why then, are we getting the current block when
+we just set it to ThenBB 5 lines above? The problem is that the "Then"
+expression may actually itself change the block that the Builder is
+emitting into if, for example, it contains a nested "if/then/else"
+expression. Because calling Codegen recursively could arbitrarily change
+the notion of the current block, we are required to get an up-to-date
+value for code that will set up the Phi node.
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (* Emit 'else' value. *)
+ let else_bb = append_block context "else" the_function in
+ position_at_end else_bb builder;
+ let else_val = codegen_expr else_ in
+
+ (* Codegen of 'else' can change the current block, update else_bb for the
+ * phi. *)
+ let new_else_bb = insertion_block builder in
+
+Code generation for the 'else' block is basically identical to codegen
+for the 'then' block.
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (* Emit merge block. *)
+ let merge_bb = append_block context "ifcont" the_function in
+ position_at_end merge_bb builder;
+ let incoming = [(then_val, new_then_bb); (else_val, new_else_bb)] in
+ let phi = build_phi incoming "iftmp" builder in
+
+The first two lines here are now familiar: the first adds the "merge"
+block to the Function object. The second block changes the insertion
+point so that newly created code will go into the "merge" block. Once
+that is done, we need to create the PHI node and set up the block/value
+pairs for the PHI.
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (* Return to the start block to add the conditional branch. *)
+ position_at_end start_bb builder;
+ ignore (build_cond_br cond_val then_bb else_bb builder);
+
+Once the blocks are created, we can emit the conditional branch that
+chooses between them. Note that creating new blocks does not implicitly
+affect the IRBuilder, so it is still inserting into the block that the
+condition went into. This is why we needed to save the "start" block.
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (* Set a unconditional branch at the end of the 'then' block and the
+ * 'else' block to the 'merge' block. *)
+ position_at_end new_then_bb builder; ignore (build_br merge_bb builder);
+ position_at_end new_else_bb builder; ignore (build_br merge_bb builder);
+
+ (* Finally, set the builder to the end of the merge block. *)
+ position_at_end merge_bb builder;
+
+ phi
+
+To finish off the blocks, we create an unconditional branch to the merge
+block. One interesting (and very important) aspect of the LLVM IR is
+that it `requires all basic blocks to be
+"terminated" <../LangRef.html#functionstructure>`_ with a `control flow
+instruction <../LangRef.html#terminators>`_ such as return or branch.
+This means that all control flow, *including fall throughs* must be made
+explicit in the LLVM IR. If you violate this rule, the verifier will
+emit an error.
+
+Finally, the CodeGen function returns the phi node as the value computed
+by the if/then/else expression. In our example above, this returned
+value will feed into the code for the top-level function, which will
+create the return instruction.
+
+Overall, we now have the ability to execute conditional code in
+Kaleidoscope. With this extension, Kaleidoscope is a fairly complete
+language that can calculate a wide variety of numeric functions. Next up
+we'll add another useful expression that is familiar from non-functional
+languages...
+
+'for' Loop Expression
+=====================
+
+Now that we know how to add basic control flow constructs to the
+language, we have the tools to add more powerful things. Lets add
+something more aggressive, a 'for' expression:
+
+::
+
+ extern putchard(char);
+ def printstar(n)
+ for i = 1, i < n, 1.0 in
+ putchard(42); # ascii 42 = '*'
+
+ # print 100 '*' characters
+ printstar(100);
+
+This expression defines a new variable ("i" in this case) which iterates
+from a starting value, while the condition ("i < n" in this case) is
+true, incrementing by an optional step value ("1.0" in this case). If
+the step value is omitted, it defaults to 1.0. While the loop is true,
+it executes its body expression. Because we don't have anything better
+to return, we'll just define the loop as always returning 0.0. In the
+future when we have mutable variables, it will get more useful.
+
+As before, lets talk about the changes that we need to Kaleidoscope to
+support this.
+
+Lexer Extensions for the 'for' Loop
+-----------------------------------
+
+The lexer extensions are the same sort of thing as for if/then/else:
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ ... in Token.token ...
+ (* control *)
+ | If | Then | Else
+ | For | In
+
+ ... in Lexer.lex_ident...
+ match Buffer.contents buffer with
+ | "def" -> [< 'Token.Def; stream >]
+ | "extern" -> [< 'Token.Extern; stream >]
+ | "if" -> [< 'Token.If; stream >]
+ | "then" -> [< 'Token.Then; stream >]
+ | "else" -> [< 'Token.Else; stream >]
+ | "for" -> [< 'Token.For; stream >]
+ | "in" -> [< 'Token.In; stream >]
+ | id -> [< 'Token.Ident id; stream >]
+
+AST Extensions for the 'for' Loop
+---------------------------------
+
+The AST variant is just as simple. It basically boils down to capturing
+the variable name and the constituent expressions in the node.
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ type expr =
+ ...
+ (* variant for for/in. *)
+ | For of string * expr * expr * expr option * expr
+
+Parser Extensions for the 'for' Loop
+------------------------------------
+
+The parser code is also fairly standard. The only interesting thing here
+is handling of the optional step value. The parser code handles it by
+checking to see if the second comma is present. If not, it sets the step
+value to null in the AST node:
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ let rec parse_primary = parser
+ ...
+ (* forexpr
+ ::= 'for' identifier '=' expr ',' expr (',' expr)? 'in' expression *)
+ | [< 'Token.For;
+ 'Token.Ident id ?? "expected identifier after for";
+ 'Token.Kwd '=' ?? "expected '=' after for";
+ stream >] ->
+ begin parser
+ | [<
+ start=parse_expr;
+ 'Token.Kwd ',' ?? "expected ',' after for";
+ end_=parse_expr;
+ stream >] ->
+ let step =
+ begin parser
+ | [< 'Token.Kwd ','; step=parse_expr >] -> Some step
+ | [< >] -> None
+ end stream
+ in
+ begin parser
+ | [< 'Token.In; body=parse_expr >] ->
+ Ast.For (id, start, end_, step, body)
+ | [< >] ->
+ raise (Stream.Error "expected 'in' after for")
+ end stream
+ | [< >] ->
+ raise (Stream.Error "expected '=' after for")
+ end stream
+
+LLVM IR for the 'for' Loop
+--------------------------
+
+Now we get to the good part: the LLVM IR we want to generate for this
+thing. With the simple example above, we get this LLVM IR (note that
+this dump is generated with optimizations disabled for clarity):
+
+.. code-block:: llvm
+
+ declare double @putchard(double)
+
+ define double @printstar(double %n) {
+ entry:
+ ; initial value = 1.0 (inlined into phi)
+ br label %loop
+
+ loop: ; preds = %loop, %entry
+ %i = phi double [ 1.000000e+00, %entry ], [ %nextvar, %loop ]
+ ; body
+ %calltmp = call double @putchard(double 4.200000e+01)
+ ; increment
+ %nextvar = fadd double %i, 1.000000e+00
+
+ ; termination test
+ %cmptmp = fcmp ult double %i, %n
+ %booltmp = uitofp i1 %cmptmp to double
+ %loopcond = fcmp one double %booltmp, 0.000000e+00
+ br i1 %loopcond, label %loop, label %afterloop
+
+ afterloop: ; preds = %loop
+ ; loop always returns 0.0
+ ret double 0.000000e+00
+ }
+
+This loop contains all the same constructs we saw before: a phi node,
+several expressions, and some basic blocks. Lets see how this fits
+together.
+
+Code Generation for the 'for' Loop
+----------------------------------
+
+The first part of Codegen is very simple: we just output the start
+expression for the loop value:
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ let rec codegen_expr = function
+ ...
+ | Ast.For (var_name, start, end_, step, body) ->
+ (* Emit the start code first, without 'variable' in scope. *)
+ let start_val = codegen_expr start in
+
+With this out of the way, the next step is to set up the LLVM basic
+block for the start of the loop body. In the case above, the whole loop
+body is one block, but remember that the body code itself could consist
+of multiple blocks (e.g. if it contains an if/then/else or a for/in
+expression).
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (* Make the new basic block for the loop header, inserting after current
+ * block. *)
+ let preheader_bb = insertion_block builder in
+ let the_function = block_parent preheader_bb in
+ let loop_bb = append_block context "loop" the_function in
+
+ (* Insert an explicit fall through from the current block to the
+ * loop_bb. *)
+ ignore (build_br loop_bb builder);
+
+This code is similar to what we saw for if/then/else. Because we will
+need it to create the Phi node, we remember the block that falls through
+into the loop. Once we have that, we create the actual block that starts
+the loop and create an unconditional branch for the fall-through between
+the two blocks.
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (* Start insertion in loop_bb. *)
+ position_at_end loop_bb builder;
+
+ (* Start the PHI node with an entry for start. *)
+ let variable = build_phi [(start_val, preheader_bb)] var_name builder in
+
+Now that the "preheader" for the loop is set up, we switch to emitting
+code for the loop body. To begin with, we move the insertion point and
+create the PHI node for the loop induction variable. Since we already
+know the incoming value for the starting value, we add it to the Phi
+node. Note that the Phi will eventually get a second value for the
+backedge, but we can't set it up yet (because it doesn't exist!).
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (* Within the loop, the variable is defined equal to the PHI node. If it
+ * shadows an existing variable, we have to restore it, so save it
+ * now. *)
+ let old_val =
+ try Some (Hashtbl.find named_values var_name) with Not_found -> None
+ in
+ Hashtbl.add named_values var_name variable;
+
+ (* Emit the body of the loop. This, like any other expr, can change the
+ * current BB. Note that we ignore the value computed by the body, but
+ * don't allow an error *)
+ ignore (codegen_expr body);
+
+Now the code starts to get more interesting. Our 'for' loop introduces a
+new variable to the symbol table. This means that our symbol table can
+now contain either function arguments or loop variables. To handle this,
+before we codegen the body of the loop, we add the loop variable as the
+current value for its name. Note that it is possible that there is a
+variable of the same name in the outer scope. It would be easy to make
+this an error (emit an error and return null if there is already an
+entry for VarName) but we choose to allow shadowing of variables. In
+order to handle this correctly, we remember the Value that we are
+potentially shadowing in ``old_val`` (which will be None if there is no
+shadowed variable).
+
+Once the loop variable is set into the symbol table, the code
+recursively codegen's the body. This allows the body to use the loop
+variable: any references to it will naturally find it in the symbol
+table.
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (* Emit the step value. *)
+ let step_val =
+ match step with
+ | Some step -> codegen_expr step
+ (* If not specified, use 1.0. *)
+ | None -> const_float double_type 1.0
+ in
+
+ let next_var = build_add variable step_val "nextvar" builder in
+
+Now that the body is emitted, we compute the next value of the iteration
+variable by adding the step value, or 1.0 if it isn't present.
+'``next_var``' will be the value of the loop variable on the next
+iteration of the loop.
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (* Compute the end condition. *)
+ let end_cond = codegen_expr end_ in
+
+ (* Convert condition to a bool by comparing equal to 0.0. *)
+ let zero = const_float double_type 0.0 in
+ let end_cond = build_fcmp Fcmp.One end_cond zero "loopcond" builder in
+
+Finally, we evaluate the exit value of the loop, to determine whether
+the loop should exit. This mirrors the condition evaluation for the
+if/then/else statement.
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (* Create the "after loop" block and insert it. *)
+ let loop_end_bb = insertion_block builder in
+ let after_bb = append_block context "afterloop" the_function in
+
+ (* Insert the conditional branch into the end of loop_end_bb. *)
+ ignore (build_cond_br end_cond loop_bb after_bb builder);
+
+ (* Any new code will be inserted in after_bb. *)
+ position_at_end after_bb builder;
+
+With the code for the body of the loop complete, we just need to finish
+up the control flow for it. This code remembers the end block (for the
+phi node), then creates the block for the loop exit ("afterloop"). Based
+on the value of the exit condition, it creates a conditional branch that
+chooses between executing the loop again and exiting the loop. Any
+future code is emitted in the "afterloop" block, so it sets the
+insertion position to it.
+
+.. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (* Add a new entry to the PHI node for the backedge. *)
+ add_incoming (next_var, loop_end_bb) variable;
+
+ (* Restore the unshadowed variable. *)
+ begin match old_val with
+ | Some old_val -> Hashtbl.add named_values var_name old_val
+ | None -> ()
+ end;
+
+ (* for expr always returns 0.0. *)
+ const_null double_type
+
+The final code handles various cleanups: now that we have the
+"``next_var``" value, we can add the incoming value to the loop PHI
+node. After that, we remove the loop variable from the symbol table, so
+that it isn't in scope after the for loop. Finally, code generation of
+the for loop always returns 0.0, so that is what we return from
+``Codegen.codegen_expr``.
+
+With this, we conclude the "adding control flow to Kaleidoscope" chapter
+of the tutorial. In this chapter we added two control flow constructs,
+and used them to motivate a couple of aspects of the LLVM IR that are
+important for front-end implementors to know. In the next chapter of our
+saga, we will get a bit crazier and add `user-defined
+operators <OCamlLangImpl6.html>`_ to our poor innocent language.
+
+Full Code Listing
+=================
+
+Here is the complete code listing for our running example, enhanced with
+the if/then/else and for expressions.. To build this example, use:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ # Compile
+ ocamlbuild toy.byte
+ # Run
+ ./toy.byte
+
+Here is the code:
+
+\_tags:
+ ::
+
+ <{lexer,parser}.ml>: use_camlp4, pp(camlp4of)
+ <*.{byte,native}>: g++, use_llvm, use_llvm_analysis
+ <*.{byte,native}>: use_llvm_executionengine, use_llvm_target
+ <*.{byte,native}>: use_llvm_scalar_opts, use_bindings
+
+myocamlbuild.ml:
+ .. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ open Ocamlbuild_plugin;;
+
+ ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm";;
+ ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm_analysis";;
+ ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm_executionengine";;
+ ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm_target";;
+ ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm_scalar_opts";;
+
+ flag ["link"; "ocaml"; "g++"] (S[A"-cc"; A"g++"]);;
+ dep ["link"; "ocaml"; "use_bindings"] ["bindings.o"];;
+
+token.ml:
+ .. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
+ * Lexer Tokens
+ *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
+
+ (* The lexer returns these 'Kwd' if it is an unknown character, otherwise one of
+ * these others for known things. *)
+ type token =
+ (* commands *)
+ | Def | Extern
+
+ (* primary *)
+ | Ident of string | Number of float
+
+ (* unknown *)
+ | Kwd of char
+
+ (* control *)
+ | If | Then | Else
+ | For | In
+
+lexer.ml:
+ .. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
+ * Lexer
+ *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
+
+ let rec lex = parser
+ (* Skip any whitespace. *)
+ | [< ' (' ' | '\n' | '\r' | '\t'); stream >] -> lex stream
+
+ (* identifier: [a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9] *)
+ | [< ' ('A' .. 'Z' | 'a' .. 'z' as c); stream >] ->
+ let buffer = Buffer.create 1 in
+ Buffer.add_char buffer c;
+ lex_ident buffer stream
+
+ (* number: [0-9.]+ *)
+ | [< ' ('0' .. '9' as c); stream >] ->
+ let buffer = Buffer.create 1 in
+ Buffer.add_char buffer c;
+ lex_number buffer stream
+
+ (* Comment until end of line. *)
+ | [< ' ('#'); stream >] ->
+ lex_comment stream
+
+ (* Otherwise, just return the character as its ascii value. *)
+ | [< 'c; stream >] ->
+ [< 'Token.Kwd c; lex stream >]
+
+ (* end of stream. *)
+ | [< >] -> [< >]
+
+ and lex_number buffer = parser
+ | [< ' ('0' .. '9' | '.' as c); stream >] ->
+ Buffer.add_char buffer c;
+ lex_number buffer stream
+ | [< stream=lex >] ->
+ [< 'Token.Number (float_of_string (Buffer.contents buffer)); stream >]
+
+ and lex_ident buffer = parser
+ | [< ' ('A' .. 'Z' | 'a' .. 'z' | '0' .. '9' as c); stream >] ->
+ Buffer.add_char buffer c;
+ lex_ident buffer stream
+ | [< stream=lex >] ->
+ match Buffer.contents buffer with
+ | "def" -> [< 'Token.Def; stream >]
+ | "extern" -> [< 'Token.Extern; stream >]
+ | "if" -> [< 'Token.If; stream >]
+ | "then" -> [< 'Token.Then; stream >]
+ | "else" -> [< 'Token.Else; stream >]
+ | "for" -> [< 'Token.For; stream >]
+ | "in" -> [< 'Token.In; stream >]
+ | id -> [< 'Token.Ident id; stream >]
+
+ and lex_comment = parser
+ | [< ' ('\n'); stream=lex >] -> stream
+ | [< 'c; e=lex_comment >] -> e
+ | [< >] -> [< >]
+
+ast.ml:
+ .. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
+ * Abstract Syntax Tree (aka Parse Tree)
+ *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
+
+ (* expr - Base type for all expression nodes. *)
+ type expr =
+ (* variant for numeric literals like "1.0". *)
+ | Number of float
+
+ (* variant for referencing a variable, like "a". *)
+ | Variable of string
+
+ (* variant for a binary operator. *)
+ | Binary of char * expr * expr
+
+ (* variant for function calls. *)
+ | Call of string * expr array
+
+ (* variant for if/then/else. *)
+ | If of expr * expr * expr
+
+ (* variant for for/in. *)
+ | For of string * expr * expr * expr option * expr
+
+ (* proto - This type represents the "prototype" for a function, which captures
+ * its name, and its argument names (thus implicitly the number of arguments the
+ * function takes). *)
+ type proto = Prototype of string * string array
+
+ (* func - This type represents a function definition itself. *)
+ type func = Function of proto * expr
+
+parser.ml:
+ .. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (*===---------------------------------------------------------------------===
+ * Parser
+ *===---------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
+
+ (* binop_precedence - This holds the precedence for each binary operator that is
+ * defined *)
+ let binop_precedence:(char, int) Hashtbl.t = Hashtbl.create 10
+
+ (* precedence - Get the precedence of the pending binary operator token. *)
+ let precedence c = try Hashtbl.find binop_precedence c with Not_found -> -1
+
+ (* primary
+ * ::= identifier
+ * ::= numberexpr
+ * ::= parenexpr
+ * ::= ifexpr
+ * ::= forexpr *)
+ let rec parse_primary = parser
+ (* numberexpr ::= number *)
+ | [< 'Token.Number n >] -> Ast.Number n
+
+ (* parenexpr ::= '(' expression ')' *)
+ | [< 'Token.Kwd '('; e=parse_expr; 'Token.Kwd ')' ?? "expected ')'" >] -> e
+
+ (* identifierexpr
+ * ::= identifier
+ * ::= identifier '(' argumentexpr ')' *)
+ | [< 'Token.Ident id; stream >] ->
+ let rec parse_args accumulator = parser
+ | [< e=parse_expr; stream >] ->
+ begin parser
+ | [< 'Token.Kwd ','; e=parse_args (e :: accumulator) >] -> e
+ | [< >] -> e :: accumulator
+ end stream
+ | [< >] -> accumulator
+ in
+ let rec parse_ident id = parser
+ (* Call. *)
+ | [< 'Token.Kwd '(';
+ args=parse_args [];
+ 'Token.Kwd ')' ?? "expected ')'">] ->
+ Ast.Call (id, Array.of_list (List.rev args))
+
+ (* Simple variable ref. *)
+ | [< >] -> Ast.Variable id
+ in
+ parse_ident id stream
+
+ (* ifexpr ::= 'if' expr 'then' expr 'else' expr *)
+ | [< 'Token.If; c=parse_expr;
+ 'Token.Then ?? "expected 'then'"; t=parse_expr;
+ 'Token.Else ?? "expected 'else'"; e=parse_expr >] ->
+ Ast.If (c, t, e)
+
+ (* forexpr
+ ::= 'for' identifier '=' expr ',' expr (',' expr)? 'in' expression *)
+ | [< 'Token.For;
+ 'Token.Ident id ?? "expected identifier after for";
+ 'Token.Kwd '=' ?? "expected '=' after for";
+ stream >] ->
+ begin parser
+ | [<
+ start=parse_expr;
+ 'Token.Kwd ',' ?? "expected ',' after for";
+ end_=parse_expr;
+ stream >] ->
+ let step =
+ begin parser
+ | [< 'Token.Kwd ','; step=parse_expr >] -> Some step
+ | [< >] -> None
+ end stream
+ in
+ begin parser
+ | [< 'Token.In; body=parse_expr >] ->
+ Ast.For (id, start, end_, step, body)
+ | [< >] ->
+ raise (Stream.Error "expected 'in' after for")
+ end stream
+ | [< >] ->
+ raise (Stream.Error "expected '=' after for")
+ end stream
+
+ | [< >] -> raise (Stream.Error "unknown token when expecting an expression.")
+
+ (* binoprhs
+ * ::= ('+' primary)* *)
+ and parse_bin_rhs expr_prec lhs stream =
+ match Stream.peek stream with
+ (* If this is a binop, find its precedence. *)
+ | Some (Token.Kwd c) when Hashtbl.mem binop_precedence c ->
+ let token_prec = precedence c in
+
+ (* If this is a binop that binds at least as tightly as the current binop,
+ * consume it, otherwise we are done. *)
+ if token_prec < expr_prec then lhs else begin
+ (* Eat the binop. *)
+ Stream.junk stream;
+
+ (* Parse the primary expression after the binary operator. *)
+ let rhs = parse_primary stream in
+
+ (* Okay, we know this is a binop. *)
+ let rhs =
+ match Stream.peek stream with
+ | Some (Token.Kwd c2) ->
+ (* If BinOp binds less tightly with rhs than the operator after
+ * rhs, let the pending operator take rhs as its lhs. *)
+ let next_prec = precedence c2 in
+ if token_prec < next_prec
+ then parse_bin_rhs (token_prec + 1) rhs stream
+ else rhs
+ | _ -> rhs
+ in
+
+ (* Merge lhs/rhs. *)
+ let lhs = Ast.Binary (c, lhs, rhs) in
+ parse_bin_rhs expr_prec lhs stream
+ end
+ | _ -> lhs
+
+ (* expression
+ * ::= primary binoprhs *)
+ and parse_expr = parser
+ | [< lhs=parse_primary; stream >] -> parse_bin_rhs 0 lhs stream
+
+ (* prototype
+ * ::= id '(' id* ')' *)
+ let parse_prototype =
+ let rec parse_args accumulator = parser
+ | [< 'Token.Ident id; e=parse_args (id::accumulator) >] -> e
+ | [< >] -> accumulator
+ in
+
+ parser
+ | [< 'Token.Ident id;
+ 'Token.Kwd '(' ?? "expected '(' in prototype";
+ args=parse_args [];
+ 'Token.Kwd ')' ?? "expected ')' in prototype" >] ->
+ (* success. *)
+ Ast.Prototype (id, Array.of_list (List.rev args))
+
+ | [< >] ->
+ raise (Stream.Error "expected function name in prototype")
+
+ (* definition ::= 'def' prototype expression *)
+ let parse_definition = parser
+ | [< 'Token.Def; p=parse_prototype; e=parse_expr >] ->
+ Ast.Function (p, e)
+
+ (* toplevelexpr ::= expression *)
+ let parse_toplevel = parser
+ | [< e=parse_expr >] ->
+ (* Make an anonymous proto. *)
+ Ast.Function (Ast.Prototype ("", [||]), e)
+
+ (* external ::= 'extern' prototype *)
+ let parse_extern = parser
+ | [< 'Token.Extern; e=parse_prototype >] -> e
+
+codegen.ml:
+ .. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
+ * Code Generation
+ *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
+
+ open Llvm
+
+ exception Error of string
+
+ let context = global_context ()
+ let the_module = create_module context "my cool jit"
+ let builder = builder context
+ let named_values:(string, llvalue) Hashtbl.t = Hashtbl.create 10
+ let double_type = double_type context
+
+ let rec codegen_expr = function
+ | Ast.Number n -> const_float double_type n
+ | Ast.Variable name ->
+ (try Hashtbl.find named_values name with
+ | Not_found -> raise (Error "unknown variable name"))
+ | Ast.Binary (op, lhs, rhs) ->
+ let lhs_val = codegen_expr lhs in
+ let rhs_val = codegen_expr rhs in
+ begin
+ match op with
+ | '+' -> build_add lhs_val rhs_val "addtmp" builder
+ | '-' -> build_sub lhs_val rhs_val "subtmp" builder
+ | '*' -> build_mul lhs_val rhs_val "multmp" builder
+ | '<' ->
+ (* Convert bool 0/1 to double 0.0 or 1.0 *)
+ let i = build_fcmp Fcmp.Ult lhs_val rhs_val "cmptmp" builder in
+ build_uitofp i double_type "booltmp" builder
+ | _ -> raise (Error "invalid binary operator")
+ end
+ | Ast.Call (callee, args) ->
+ (* Look up the name in the module table. *)
+ let callee =
+ match lookup_function callee the_module with
+ | Some callee -> callee
+ | None -> raise (Error "unknown function referenced")
+ in
+ let params = params callee in
+
+ (* If argument mismatch error. *)
+ if Array.length params == Array.length args then () else
+ raise (Error "incorrect # arguments passed");
+ let args = Array.map codegen_expr args in
+ build_call callee args "calltmp" builder
+ | Ast.If (cond, then_, else_) ->
+ let cond = codegen_expr cond in
+
+ (* Convert condition to a bool by comparing equal to 0.0 *)
+ let zero = const_float double_type 0.0 in
+ let cond_val = build_fcmp Fcmp.One cond zero "ifcond" builder in
+
+ (* Grab the first block so that we might later add the conditional branch
+ * to it at the end of the function. *)
+ let start_bb = insertion_block builder in
+ let the_function = block_parent start_bb in
+
+ let then_bb = append_block context "then" the_function in
+
+ (* Emit 'then' value. *)
+ position_at_end then_bb builder;
+ let then_val = codegen_expr then_ in
+
+ (* Codegen of 'then' can change the current block, update then_bb for the
+ * phi. We create a new name because one is used for the phi node, and the
+ * other is used for the conditional branch. *)
+ let new_then_bb = insertion_block builder in
+
+ (* Emit 'else' value. *)
+ let else_bb = append_block context "else" the_function in
+ position_at_end else_bb builder;
+ let else_val = codegen_expr else_ in
+
+ (* Codegen of 'else' can change the current block, update else_bb for the
+ * phi. *)
+ let new_else_bb = insertion_block builder in
+
+ (* Emit merge block. *)
+ let merge_bb = append_block context "ifcont" the_function in
+ position_at_end merge_bb builder;
+ let incoming = [(then_val, new_then_bb); (else_val, new_else_bb)] in
+ let phi = build_phi incoming "iftmp" builder in
+
+ (* Return to the start block to add the conditional branch. *)
+ position_at_end start_bb builder;
+ ignore (build_cond_br cond_val then_bb else_bb builder);
+
+ (* Set a unconditional branch at the end of the 'then' block and the
+ * 'else' block to the 'merge' block. *)
+ position_at_end new_then_bb builder; ignore (build_br merge_bb builder);
+ position_at_end new_else_bb builder; ignore (build_br merge_bb builder);
+
+ (* Finally, set the builder to the end of the merge block. *)
+ position_at_end merge_bb builder;
+
+ phi
+ | Ast.For (var_name, start, end_, step, body) ->
+ (* Emit the start code first, without 'variable' in scope. *)
+ let start_val = codegen_expr start in
+
+ (* Make the new basic block for the loop header, inserting after current
+ * block. *)
+ let preheader_bb = insertion_block builder in
+ let the_function = block_parent preheader_bb in
+ let loop_bb = append_block context "loop" the_function in
+
+ (* Insert an explicit fall through from the current block to the
+ * loop_bb. *)
+ ignore (build_br loop_bb builder);
+
+ (* Start insertion in loop_bb. *)
+ position_at_end loop_bb builder;
+
+ (* Start the PHI node with an entry for start. *)
+ let variable = build_phi [(start_val, preheader_bb)] var_name builder in
+
+ (* Within the loop, the variable is defined equal to the PHI node. If it
+ * shadows an existing variable, we have to restore it, so save it
+ * now. *)
+ let old_val =
+ try Some (Hashtbl.find named_values var_name) with Not_found -> None
+ in
+ Hashtbl.add named_values var_name variable;
+
+ (* Emit the body of the loop. This, like any other expr, can change the
+ * current BB. Note that we ignore the value computed by the body, but
+ * don't allow an error *)
+ ignore (codegen_expr body);
+
+ (* Emit the step value. *)
+ let step_val =
+ match step with
+ | Some step -> codegen_expr step
+ (* If not specified, use 1.0. *)
+ | None -> const_float double_type 1.0
+ in
+
+ let next_var = build_add variable step_val "nextvar" builder in
+
+ (* Compute the end condition. *)
+ let end_cond = codegen_expr end_ in
+
+ (* Convert condition to a bool by comparing equal to 0.0. *)
+ let zero = const_float double_type 0.0 in
+ let end_cond = build_fcmp Fcmp.One end_cond zero "loopcond" builder in
+
+ (* Create the "after loop" block and insert it. *)
+ let loop_end_bb = insertion_block builder in
+ let after_bb = append_block context "afterloop" the_function in
+
+ (* Insert the conditional branch into the end of loop_end_bb. *)
+ ignore (build_cond_br end_cond loop_bb after_bb builder);
+
+ (* Any new code will be inserted in after_bb. *)
+ position_at_end after_bb builder;
+
+ (* Add a new entry to the PHI node for the backedge. *)
+ add_incoming (next_var, loop_end_bb) variable;
+
+ (* Restore the unshadowed variable. *)
+ begin match old_val with
+ | Some old_val -> Hashtbl.add named_values var_name old_val
+ | None -> ()
+ end;
+
+ (* for expr always returns 0.0. *)
+ const_null double_type
+
+ let codegen_proto = function
+ | Ast.Prototype (name, args) ->
+ (* Make the function type: double(double,double) etc. *)
+ let doubles = Array.make (Array.length args) double_type in
+ let ft = function_type double_type doubles in
+ let f =
+ match lookup_function name the_module with
+ | None -> declare_function name ft the_module
+
+ (* If 'f' conflicted, there was already something named 'name'. If it
+ * has a body, don't allow redefinition or reextern. *)
+ | Some f ->
+ (* If 'f' already has a body, reject this. *)
+ if block_begin f <> At_end f then
+ raise (Error "redefinition of function");
+
+ (* If 'f' took a different number of arguments, reject. *)
+ if element_type (type_of f) <> ft then
+ raise (Error "redefinition of function with different # args");
+ f
+ in
+
+ (* Set names for all arguments. *)
+ Array.iteri (fun i a ->
+ let n = args.(i) in
+ set_value_name n a;
+ Hashtbl.add named_values n a;
+ ) (params f);
+ f
+
+ let codegen_func the_fpm = function
+ | Ast.Function (proto, body) ->
+ Hashtbl.clear named_values;
+ let the_function = codegen_proto proto in
+
+ (* Create a new basic block to start insertion into. *)
+ let bb = append_block context "entry" the_function in
+ position_at_end bb builder;
+
+ try
+ let ret_val = codegen_expr body in
+
+ (* Finish off the function. *)
+ let _ = build_ret ret_val builder in
+
+ (* Validate the generated code, checking for consistency. *)
+ Llvm_analysis.assert_valid_function the_function;
+
+ (* Optimize the function. *)
+ let _ = PassManager.run_function the_function the_fpm in
+
+ the_function
+ with e ->
+ delete_function the_function;
+ raise e
+
+toplevel.ml:
+ .. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
+ * Top-Level parsing and JIT Driver
+ *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
+
+ open Llvm
+ open Llvm_executionengine
+
+ (* top ::= definition | external | expression | ';' *)
+ let rec main_loop the_fpm the_execution_engine stream =
+ match Stream.peek stream with
+ | None -> ()
+
+ (* ignore top-level semicolons. *)
+ | Some (Token.Kwd ';') ->
+ Stream.junk stream;
+ main_loop the_fpm the_execution_engine stream
+
+ | Some token ->
+ begin
+ try match token with
+ | Token.Def ->
+ let e = Parser.parse_definition stream in
+ print_endline "parsed a function definition.";
+ dump_value (Codegen.codegen_func the_fpm e);
+ | Token.Extern ->
+ let e = Parser.parse_extern stream in
+ print_endline "parsed an extern.";
+ dump_value (Codegen.codegen_proto e);
+ | _ ->
+ (* Evaluate a top-level expression into an anonymous function. *)
+ let e = Parser.parse_toplevel stream in
+ print_endline "parsed a top-level expr";
+ let the_function = Codegen.codegen_func the_fpm e in
+ dump_value the_function;
+
+ (* JIT the function, returning a function pointer. *)
+ let result = ExecutionEngine.run_function the_function [||]
+ the_execution_engine in
+
+ print_string "Evaluated to ";
+ print_float (GenericValue.as_float Codegen.double_type result);
+ print_newline ();
+ with Stream.Error s | Codegen.Error s ->
+ (* Skip token for error recovery. *)
+ Stream.junk stream;
+ print_endline s;
+ end;
+ print_string "ready> "; flush stdout;
+ main_loop the_fpm the_execution_engine stream
+
+toy.ml:
+ .. code-block:: ocaml
+
+ (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
+ * Main driver code.
+ *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
+
+ open Llvm
+ open Llvm_executionengine
+ open Llvm_target
+ open Llvm_scalar_opts
+
+ let main () =
+ ignore (initialize_native_target ());
+
+ (* Install standard binary operators.
+ * 1 is the lowest precedence. *)
+ Hashtbl.add Parser.binop_precedence '<' 10;
+ Hashtbl.add Parser.binop_precedence '+' 20;
+ Hashtbl.add Parser.binop_precedence '-' 20;
+ Hashtbl.add Parser.binop_precedence '*' 40; (* highest. *)
+
+ (* Prime the first token. *)
+ print_string "ready> "; flush stdout;
+ let stream = Lexer.lex (Stream.of_channel stdin) in
+
+ (* Create the JIT. *)
+ let the_execution_engine = ExecutionEngine.create Codegen.the_module in
+ let the_fpm = PassManager.create_function Codegen.the_module in
+
+ (* Set up the optimizer pipeline. Start with registering info about how the
+ * target lays out data structures. *)
+ DataLayout.add (ExecutionEngine.target_data the_execution_engine) the_fpm;
+
+ (* Do simple "peephole" optimizations and bit-twiddling optzn. *)
+ add_instruction_combination the_fpm;
+
+ (* reassociate expressions. *)
+ add_reassociation the_fpm;
+
+ (* Eliminate Common SubExpressions. *)
+ add_gvn the_fpm;
+
+ (* Simplify the control flow graph (deleting unreachable blocks, etc). *)
+ add_cfg_simplification the_fpm;
+
+ ignore (PassManager.initialize the_fpm);
+
+ (* Run the main "interpreter loop" now. *)
+ Toplevel.main_loop the_fpm the_execution_engine stream;
+
+ (* Print out all the generated code. *)
+ dump_module Codegen.the_module
+ ;;
+
+ main ()
+
+bindings.c
+ .. code-block:: c
+
+ #include <stdio.h>
+
+ /* putchard - putchar that takes a double and returns 0. */
+ extern double putchard(double X) {
+ putchar((char)X);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+`Next: Extending the language: user-defined
+operators <OCamlLangImpl6.html>`_
+