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      1 //===- examples/ModuleMaker/ModuleMaker.cpp - Example project ---*- C++ -*-===//
      2 //
      3 //                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
      4 //
      5 // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
      6 // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
      7 //
      8 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
      9 //
     10 // This programs is a simple example that creates an LLVM module "from scratch",
     11 // emitting it as a bitcode file to standard out.  This is just to show how
     12 // LLVM projects work and to demonstrate some of the LLVM APIs.
     13 //
     14 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
     15 
     16 #include "llvm/LLVMContext.h"
     17 #include "llvm/Module.h"
     18 #include "llvm/DerivedTypes.h"
     19 #include "llvm/Constants.h"
     20 #include "llvm/Instructions.h"
     21 #include "llvm/Bitcode/ReaderWriter.h"
     22 #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
     23 using namespace llvm;
     24 
     25 int main() {
     26   LLVMContext Context;
     27 
     28   // Create the "module" or "program" or "translation unit" to hold the
     29   // function
     30   Module *M = new Module("test", Context);
     31 
     32   // Create the main function: first create the type 'int ()'
     33   FunctionType *FT =
     34     FunctionType::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context), /*not vararg*/false);
     35 
     36   // By passing a module as the last parameter to the Function constructor,
     37   // it automatically gets appended to the Module.
     38   Function *F = Function::Create(FT, Function::ExternalLinkage, "main", M);
     39 
     40   // Add a basic block to the function... again, it automatically inserts
     41   // because of the last argument.
     42   BasicBlock *BB = BasicBlock::Create(Context, "EntryBlock", F);
     43 
     44   // Get pointers to the constant integers...
     45   Value *Two = ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context), 2);
     46   Value *Three = ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context), 3);
     47 
     48   // Create the add instruction... does not insert...
     49   Instruction *Add = BinaryOperator::Create(Instruction::Add, Two, Three,
     50                                             "addresult");
     51 
     52   // explicitly insert it into the basic block...
     53   BB->getInstList().push_back(Add);
     54 
     55   // Create the return instruction and add it to the basic block
     56   BB->getInstList().push_back(ReturnInst::Create(Context, Add));
     57 
     58   // Output the bitcode file to stdout
     59   WriteBitcodeToFile(M, outs());
     60 
     61   // Delete the module and all of its contents.
     62   delete M;
     63   return 0;
     64 }
     65