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author | Zancanaro; Carlo <czan8762@plang3.cs.usyd.edu.au> | 2012-09-24 09:58:17 +1000 |
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committer | Zancanaro; Carlo <czan8762@plang3.cs.usyd.edu.au> | 2012-09-24 09:58:17 +1000 |
commit | 222e2a7620e6520ffaf4fc4e69d79c18da31542e (patch) | |
tree | 7bfbc05bfa3b41c8f9d2e56d53a0bc3e310df239 /clang/examples/clang-interpreter/README.txt | |
parent | 3d206f03985b50beacae843d880bccdc91a9f424 (diff) |
Add the clang library to the repo (with some of my changes, too).
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diff --git a/clang/examples/clang-interpreter/README.txt b/clang/examples/clang-interpreter/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7dd45fa --- /dev/null +++ b/clang/examples/clang-interpreter/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +This is an example of Clang based interpreter, for executing standalone C +programs. + +It demonstrates the following features: + 1. Parsing standard compiler command line arguments using the Driver library. + + 2. Constructing a Clang compiler instance, using the appropriate arguments + derived in step #1. + + 3. Invoking the Clang compiler to lex, parse, syntax check, and then generate + LLVM code. + + 4. Use the LLVM JIT functionality to execute the final module. + +The implementation has many limitations and is not designed to be a full fledged +C interpreter. It is designed to demonstrate a simple but functional use of the +Clang compiler libraries. |