1 ================================================== 2 Kaleidoscope: Extending the Language: Control Flow 3 ================================================== 4 5 .. contents:: 6 :local: 7 8 Chapter 5 Introduction 9 ====================== 10 11 Welcome to Chapter 5 of the "`Implementing a language with 12 LLVM <index.html>`_" tutorial. Parts 1-4 described the implementation of 13 the simple Kaleidoscope language and included support for generating 14 LLVM IR, followed by optimizations and a JIT compiler. Unfortunately, as 15 presented, Kaleidoscope is mostly useless: it has no control flow other 16 than call and return. This means that you can't have conditional 17 branches in the code, significantly limiting its power. In this episode 18 of "build that compiler", we'll extend Kaleidoscope to have an 19 if/then/else expression plus a simple 'for' loop. 20 21 If/Then/Else 22 ============ 23 24 Extending Kaleidoscope to support if/then/else is quite straightforward. 25 It basically requires adding support for this "new" concept to the 26 lexer, parser, AST, and LLVM code emitter. This example is nice, because 27 it shows how easy it is to "grow" a language over time, incrementally 28 extending it as new ideas are discovered. 29 30 Before we get going on "how" we add this extension, lets talk about 31 "what" we want. The basic idea is that we want to be able to write this 32 sort of thing: 33 34 :: 35 36 def fib(x) 37 if x < 3 then 38 1 39 else 40 fib(x-1)+fib(x-2); 41 42 In Kaleidoscope, every construct is an expression: there are no 43 statements. As such, the if/then/else expression needs to return a value 44 like any other. Since we're using a mostly functional form, we'll have 45 it evaluate its conditional, then return the 'then' or 'else' value 46 based on how the condition was resolved. This is very similar to the C 47 "?:" expression. 48 49 The semantics of the if/then/else expression is that it evaluates the 50 condition to a boolean equality value: 0.0 is considered to be false and 51 everything else is considered to be true. If the condition is true, the 52 first subexpression is evaluated and returned, if the condition is 53 false, the second subexpression is evaluated and returned. Since 54 Kaleidoscope allows side-effects, this behavior is important to nail 55 down. 56 57 Now that we know what we "want", lets break this down into its 58 constituent pieces. 59 60 Lexer Extensions for If/Then/Else 61 --------------------------------- 62 63 The lexer extensions are straightforward. First we add new enum values 64 for the relevant tokens: 65 66 .. code-block:: c++ 67 68 // control 69 tok_if = -6, 70 tok_then = -7, 71 tok_else = -8, 72 73 Once we have that, we recognize the new keywords in the lexer. This is 74 pretty simple stuff: 75 76 .. code-block:: c++ 77 78 ... 79 if (IdentifierStr == "def") 80 return tok_def; 81 if (IdentifierStr == "extern") 82 return tok_extern; 83 if (IdentifierStr == "if") 84 return tok_if; 85 if (IdentifierStr == "then") 86 return tok_then; 87 if (IdentifierStr == "else") 88 return tok_else; 89 return tok_identifier; 90 91 AST Extensions for If/Then/Else 92 ------------------------------- 93 94 To represent the new expression we add a new AST node for it: 95 96 .. code-block:: c++ 97 98 /// IfExprAST - Expression class for if/then/else. 99 class IfExprAST : public ExprAST { 100 std::unique_ptr<ExprAST> Cond, Then, Else; 101 102 public: 103 IfExprAST(std::unique_ptr<ExprAST> Cond, std::unique_ptr<ExprAST> Then, 104 std::unique_ptr<ExprAST> Else) 105 : Cond(std::move(Cond)), Then(std::move(Then)), Else(std::move(Else)) {} 106 virtual Value *codegen(); 107 }; 108 109 The AST node just has pointers to the various subexpressions. 110 111 Parser Extensions for If/Then/Else 112 ---------------------------------- 113 114 Now that we have the relevant tokens coming from the lexer and we have 115 the AST node to build, our parsing logic is relatively straightforward. 116 First we define a new parsing function: 117 118 .. code-block:: c++ 119 120 /// ifexpr ::= 'if' expression 'then' expression 'else' expression 121 static std::unique_ptr<ExprAST> ParseIfExpr() { 122 getNextToken(); // eat the if. 123 124 // condition. 125 auto Cond = ParseExpression(); 126 if (!Cond) 127 return nullptr; 128 129 if (CurTok != tok_then) 130 return LogError("expected then"); 131 getNextToken(); // eat the then 132 133 auto Then = ParseExpression(); 134 if (!Then) 135 return nullptr; 136 137 if (CurTok != tok_else) 138 return LogError("expected else"); 139 140 getNextToken(); 141 142 auto Else = ParseExpression(); 143 if (!Else) 144 return nullptr; 145 146 return llvm::make_unique<IfExprAST>(std::move(Cond), std::move(Then), 147 std::move(Else)); 148 } 149 150 Next we hook it up as a primary expression: 151 152 .. code-block:: c++ 153 154 static std::unique_ptr<ExprAST> ParsePrimary() { 155 switch (CurTok) { 156 default: 157 return LogError("unknown token when expecting an expression"); 158 case tok_identifier: 159 return ParseIdentifierExpr(); 160 case tok_number: 161 return ParseNumberExpr(); 162 case '(': 163 return ParseParenExpr(); 164 case tok_if: 165 return ParseIfExpr(); 166 } 167 } 168 169 LLVM IR for If/Then/Else 170 ------------------------ 171 172 Now that we have it parsing and building the AST, the final piece is 173 adding LLVM code generation support. This is the most interesting part 174 of the if/then/else example, because this is where it starts to 175 introduce new concepts. All of the code above has been thoroughly 176 described in previous chapters. 177 178 To motivate the code we want to produce, lets take a look at a simple 179 example. Consider: 180 181 :: 182 183 extern foo(); 184 extern bar(); 185 def baz(x) if x then foo() else bar(); 186 187 If you disable optimizations, the code you'll (soon) get from 188 Kaleidoscope looks like this: 189 190 .. code-block:: llvm 191 192 declare double @foo() 193 194 declare double @bar() 195 196 define double @baz(double %x) { 197 entry: 198 %ifcond = fcmp one double %x, 0.000000e+00 199 br i1 %ifcond, label %then, label %else 200 201 then: ; preds = %entry 202 %calltmp = call double @foo() 203 br label %ifcont 204 205 else: ; preds = %entry 206 %calltmp1 = call double @bar() 207 br label %ifcont 208 209 ifcont: ; preds = %else, %then 210 %iftmp = phi double [ %calltmp, %then ], [ %calltmp1, %else ] 211 ret double %iftmp 212 } 213 214 To visualize the control flow graph, you can use a nifty feature of the 215 LLVM '`opt <http://llvm.org/cmds/opt.html>`_' tool. If you put this LLVM 216 IR into "t.ll" and run "``llvm-as < t.ll | opt -analyze -view-cfg``", `a 217 window will pop up <../ProgrammersManual.html#viewing-graphs-while-debugging-code>`_ and you'll 218 see this graph: 219 220 .. figure:: LangImpl05-cfg.png 221 :align: center 222 :alt: Example CFG 223 224 Example CFG 225 226 Another way to get this is to call "``F->viewCFG()``" or 227 "``F->viewCFGOnly()``" (where F is a "``Function*``") either by 228 inserting actual calls into the code and recompiling or by calling these 229 in the debugger. LLVM has many nice features for visualizing various 230 graphs. 231 232 Getting back to the generated code, it is fairly simple: the entry block 233 evaluates the conditional expression ("x" in our case here) and compares 234 the result to 0.0 with the "``fcmp one``" instruction ('one' is "Ordered 235 and Not Equal"). Based on the result of this expression, the code jumps 236 to either the "then" or "else" blocks, which contain the expressions for 237 the true/false cases. 238 239 Once the then/else blocks are finished executing, they both branch back 240 to the 'ifcont' block to execute the code that happens after the 241 if/then/else. In this case the only thing left to do is to return to the 242 caller of the function. The question then becomes: how does the code 243 know which expression to return? 244 245 The answer to this question involves an important SSA operation: the 246 `Phi 247 operation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_single_assignment_form>`_. 248 If you're not familiar with SSA, `the wikipedia 249 article <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_single_assignment_form>`_ 250 is a good introduction and there are various other introductions to it 251 available on your favorite search engine. The short version is that 252 "execution" of the Phi operation requires "remembering" which block 253 control came from. The Phi operation takes on the value corresponding to 254 the input control block. In this case, if control comes in from the 255 "then" block, it gets the value of "calltmp". If control comes from the 256 "else" block, it gets the value of "calltmp1". 257 258 At this point, you are probably starting to think "Oh no! This means my 259 simple and elegant front-end will have to start generating SSA form in 260 order to use LLVM!". Fortunately, this is not the case, and we strongly 261 advise *not* implementing an SSA construction algorithm in your 262 front-end unless there is an amazingly good reason to do so. In 263 practice, there are two sorts of values that float around in code 264 written for your average imperative programming language that might need 265 Phi nodes: 266 267 #. Code that involves user variables: ``x = 1; x = x + 1;`` 268 #. Values that are implicit in the structure of your AST, such as the 269 Phi node in this case. 270 271 In `Chapter 7 <LangImpl7.html>`_ of this tutorial ("mutable variables"), 272 we'll talk about #1 in depth. For now, just believe me that you don't 273 need SSA construction to handle this case. For #2, you have the choice 274 of using the techniques that we will describe for #1, or you can insert 275 Phi nodes directly, if convenient. In this case, it is really 276 easy to generate the Phi node, so we choose to do it directly. 277 278 Okay, enough of the motivation and overview, lets generate code! 279 280 Code Generation for If/Then/Else 281 -------------------------------- 282 283 In order to generate code for this, we implement the ``codegen`` method 284 for ``IfExprAST``: 285 286 .. code-block:: c++ 287 288 Value *IfExprAST::codegen() { 289 Value *CondV = Cond->codegen(); 290 if (!CondV) 291 return nullptr; 292 293 // Convert condition to a bool by comparing equal to 0.0. 294 CondV = Builder.CreateFCmpONE( 295 CondV, ConstantFP::get(LLVMContext, APFloat(0.0)), "ifcond"); 296 297 This code is straightforward and similar to what we saw before. We emit 298 the expression for the condition, then compare that value to zero to get 299 a truth value as a 1-bit (bool) value. 300 301 .. code-block:: c++ 302 303 Function *TheFunction = Builder.GetInsertBlock()->getParent(); 304 305 // Create blocks for the then and else cases. Insert the 'then' block at the 306 // end of the function. 307 BasicBlock *ThenBB = 308 BasicBlock::Create(LLVMContext, "then", TheFunction); 309 BasicBlock *ElseBB = BasicBlock::Create(LLVMContext, "else"); 310 BasicBlock *MergeBB = BasicBlock::Create(LLVMContext, "ifcont"); 311 312 Builder.CreateCondBr(CondV, ThenBB, ElseBB); 313 314 This code creates the basic blocks that are related to the if/then/else 315 statement, and correspond directly to the blocks in the example above. 316 The first line gets the current Function object that is being built. It 317 gets this by asking the builder for the current BasicBlock, and asking 318 that block for its "parent" (the function it is currently embedded 319 into). 320 321 Once it has that, it creates three blocks. Note that it passes 322 "TheFunction" into the constructor for the "then" block. This causes the 323 constructor to automatically insert the new block into the end of the 324 specified function. The other two blocks are created, but aren't yet 325 inserted into the function. 326 327 Once the blocks are created, we can emit the conditional branch that 328 chooses between them. Note that creating new blocks does not implicitly 329 affect the IRBuilder, so it is still inserting into the block that the 330 condition went into. Also note that it is creating a branch to the 331 "then" block and the "else" block, even though the "else" block isn't 332 inserted into the function yet. This is all ok: it is the standard way 333 that LLVM supports forward references. 334 335 .. code-block:: c++ 336 337 // Emit then value. 338 Builder.SetInsertPoint(ThenBB); 339 340 Value *ThenV = Then->codegen(); 341 if (!ThenV) 342 return nullptr; 343 344 Builder.CreateBr(MergeBB); 345 // Codegen of 'Then' can change the current block, update ThenBB for the PHI. 346 ThenBB = Builder.GetInsertBlock(); 347 348 After the conditional branch is inserted, we move the builder to start 349 inserting into the "then" block. Strictly speaking, this call moves the 350 insertion point to be at the end of the specified block. However, since 351 the "then" block is empty, it also starts out by inserting at the 352 beginning of the block. :) 353 354 Once the insertion point is set, we recursively codegen the "then" 355 expression from the AST. To finish off the "then" block, we create an 356 unconditional branch to the merge block. One interesting (and very 357 important) aspect of the LLVM IR is that it `requires all basic blocks 358 to be "terminated" <../LangRef.html#functionstructure>`_ with a `control 359 flow instruction <../LangRef.html#terminators>`_ such as return or 360 branch. This means that all control flow, *including fall throughs* must 361 be made explicit in the LLVM IR. If you violate this rule, the verifier 362 will emit an error. 363 364 The final line here is quite subtle, but is very important. The basic 365 issue is that when we create the Phi node in the merge block, we need to 366 set up the block/value pairs that indicate how the Phi will work. 367 Importantly, the Phi node expects to have an entry for each predecessor 368 of the block in the CFG. Why then, are we getting the current block when 369 we just set it to ThenBB 5 lines above? The problem is that the "Then" 370 expression may actually itself change the block that the Builder is 371 emitting into if, for example, it contains a nested "if/then/else" 372 expression. Because calling ``codegen()`` recursively could arbitrarily change 373 the notion of the current block, we are required to get an up-to-date 374 value for code that will set up the Phi node. 375 376 .. code-block:: c++ 377 378 // Emit else block. 379 TheFunction->getBasicBlockList().push_back(ElseBB); 380 Builder.SetInsertPoint(ElseBB); 381 382 Value *ElseV = Else->codegen(); 383 if (!ElseV) 384 return nullptr; 385 386 Builder.CreateBr(MergeBB); 387 // codegen of 'Else' can change the current block, update ElseBB for the PHI. 388 ElseBB = Builder.GetInsertBlock(); 389 390 Code generation for the 'else' block is basically identical to codegen 391 for the 'then' block. The only significant difference is the first line, 392 which adds the 'else' block to the function. Recall previously that the 393 'else' block was created, but not added to the function. Now that the 394 'then' and 'else' blocks are emitted, we can finish up with the merge 395 code: 396 397 .. code-block:: c++ 398 399 // Emit merge block. 400 TheFunction->getBasicBlockList().push_back(MergeBB); 401 Builder.SetInsertPoint(MergeBB); 402 PHINode *PN = 403 Builder.CreatePHI(Type::getDoubleTy(LLVMContext), 2, "iftmp"); 404 405 PN->addIncoming(ThenV, ThenBB); 406 PN->addIncoming(ElseV, ElseBB); 407 return PN; 408 } 409 410 The first two lines here are now familiar: the first adds the "merge" 411 block to the Function object (it was previously floating, like the else 412 block above). The second changes the insertion point so that newly 413 created code will go into the "merge" block. Once that is done, we need 414 to create the PHI node and set up the block/value pairs for the PHI. 415 416 Finally, the CodeGen function returns the phi node as the value computed 417 by the if/then/else expression. In our example above, this returned 418 value will feed into the code for the top-level function, which will 419 create the return instruction. 420 421 Overall, we now have the ability to execute conditional code in 422 Kaleidoscope. With this extension, Kaleidoscope is a fairly complete 423 language that can calculate a wide variety of numeric functions. Next up 424 we'll add another useful expression that is familiar from non-functional 425 languages... 426 427 'for' Loop Expression 428 ===================== 429 430 Now that we know how to add basic control flow constructs to the 431 language, we have the tools to add more powerful things. Lets add 432 something more aggressive, a 'for' expression: 433 434 :: 435 436 extern putchard(char) 437 def printstar(n) 438 for i = 1, i < n, 1.0 in 439 putchard(42); # ascii 42 = '*' 440 441 # print 100 '*' characters 442 printstar(100); 443 444 This expression defines a new variable ("i" in this case) which iterates 445 from a starting value, while the condition ("i < n" in this case) is 446 true, incrementing by an optional step value ("1.0" in this case). If 447 the step value is omitted, it defaults to 1.0. While the loop is true, 448 it executes its body expression. Because we don't have anything better 449 to return, we'll just define the loop as always returning 0.0. In the 450 future when we have mutable variables, it will get more useful. 451 452 As before, lets talk about the changes that we need to Kaleidoscope to 453 support this. 454 455 Lexer Extensions for the 'for' Loop 456 ----------------------------------- 457 458 The lexer extensions are the same sort of thing as for if/then/else: 459 460 .. code-block:: c++ 461 462 ... in enum Token ... 463 // control 464 tok_if = -6, tok_then = -7, tok_else = -8, 465 tok_for = -9, tok_in = -10 466 467 ... in gettok ... 468 if (IdentifierStr == "def") 469 return tok_def; 470 if (IdentifierStr == "extern") 471 return tok_extern; 472 if (IdentifierStr == "if") 473 return tok_if; 474 if (IdentifierStr == "then") 475 return tok_then; 476 if (IdentifierStr == "else") 477 return tok_else; 478 if (IdentifierStr == "for") 479 return tok_for; 480 if (IdentifierStr == "in") 481 return tok_in; 482 return tok_identifier; 483 484 AST Extensions for the 'for' Loop 485 --------------------------------- 486 487 The AST node is just as simple. It basically boils down to capturing the 488 variable name and the constituent expressions in the node. 489 490 .. code-block:: c++ 491 492 /// ForExprAST - Expression class for for/in. 493 class ForExprAST : public ExprAST { 494 std::string VarName; 495 std::unique_ptr<ExprAST> Start, End, Step, Body; 496 497 public: 498 ForExprAST(const std::string &VarName, std::unique_ptr<ExprAST> Start, 499 std::unique_ptr<ExprAST> End, std::unique_ptr<ExprAST> Step, 500 std::unique_ptr<ExprAST> Body) 501 : VarName(VarName), Start(std::move(Start)), End(std::move(End)), 502 Step(std::move(Step)), Body(std::move(Body)) {} 503 virtual Value *codegen(); 504 }; 505 506 Parser Extensions for the 'for' Loop 507 ------------------------------------ 508 509 The parser code is also fairly standard. The only interesting thing here 510 is handling of the optional step value. The parser code handles it by 511 checking to see if the second comma is present. If not, it sets the step 512 value to null in the AST node: 513 514 .. code-block:: c++ 515 516 /// forexpr ::= 'for' identifier '=' expr ',' expr (',' expr)? 'in' expression 517 static std::unique_ptr<ExprAST> ParseForExpr() { 518 getNextToken(); // eat the for. 519 520 if (CurTok != tok_identifier) 521 return LogError("expected identifier after for"); 522 523 std::string IdName = IdentifierStr; 524 getNextToken(); // eat identifier. 525 526 if (CurTok != '=') 527 return LogError("expected '=' after for"); 528 getNextToken(); // eat '='. 529 530 531 auto Start = ParseExpression(); 532 if (!Start) 533 return nullptr; 534 if (CurTok != ',') 535 return LogError("expected ',' after for start value"); 536 getNextToken(); 537 538 auto End = ParseExpression(); 539 if (!End) 540 return nullptr; 541 542 // The step value is optional. 543 std::unique_ptr<ExprAST> Step; 544 if (CurTok == ',') { 545 getNextToken(); 546 Step = ParseExpression(); 547 if (!Step) 548 return nullptr; 549 } 550 551 if (CurTok != tok_in) 552 return LogError("expected 'in' after for"); 553 getNextToken(); // eat 'in'. 554 555 auto Body = ParseExpression(); 556 if (!Body) 557 return nullptr; 558 559 return llvm::make_unique<ForExprAST>(IdName, std::move(Start), 560 std::move(End), std::move(Step), 561 std::move(Body)); 562 } 563 564 LLVM IR for the 'for' Loop 565 -------------------------- 566 567 Now we get to the good part: the LLVM IR we want to generate for this 568 thing. With the simple example above, we get this LLVM IR (note that 569 this dump is generated with optimizations disabled for clarity): 570 571 .. code-block:: llvm 572 573 declare double @putchard(double) 574 575 define double @printstar(double %n) { 576 entry: 577 ; initial value = 1.0 (inlined into phi) 578 br label %loop 579 580 loop: ; preds = %loop, %entry 581 %i = phi double [ 1.000000e+00, %entry ], [ %nextvar, %loop ] 582 ; body 583 %calltmp = call double @putchard(double 4.200000e+01) 584 ; increment 585 %nextvar = fadd double %i, 1.000000e+00 586 587 ; termination test 588 %cmptmp = fcmp ult double %i, %n 589 %booltmp = uitofp i1 %cmptmp to double 590 %loopcond = fcmp one double %booltmp, 0.000000e+00 591 br i1 %loopcond, label %loop, label %afterloop 592 593 afterloop: ; preds = %loop 594 ; loop always returns 0.0 595 ret double 0.000000e+00 596 } 597 598 This loop contains all the same constructs we saw before: a phi node, 599 several expressions, and some basic blocks. Lets see how this fits 600 together. 601 602 Code Generation for the 'for' Loop 603 ---------------------------------- 604 605 The first part of codegen is very simple: we just output the start 606 expression for the loop value: 607 608 .. code-block:: c++ 609 610 Value *ForExprAST::codegen() { 611 // Emit the start code first, without 'variable' in scope. 612 Value *StartVal = Start->codegen(); 613 if (StartVal == 0) return 0; 614 615 With this out of the way, the next step is to set up the LLVM basic 616 block for the start of the loop body. In the case above, the whole loop 617 body is one block, but remember that the body code itself could consist 618 of multiple blocks (e.g. if it contains an if/then/else or a for/in 619 expression). 620 621 .. code-block:: c++ 622 623 // Make the new basic block for the loop header, inserting after current 624 // block. 625 Function *TheFunction = Builder.GetInsertBlock()->getParent(); 626 BasicBlock *PreheaderBB = Builder.GetInsertBlock(); 627 BasicBlock *LoopBB = 628 BasicBlock::Create(LLVMContext, "loop", TheFunction); 629 630 // Insert an explicit fall through from the current block to the LoopBB. 631 Builder.CreateBr(LoopBB); 632 633 This code is similar to what we saw for if/then/else. Because we will 634 need it to create the Phi node, we remember the block that falls through 635 into the loop. Once we have that, we create the actual block that starts 636 the loop and create an unconditional branch for the fall-through between 637 the two blocks. 638 639 .. code-block:: c++ 640 641 // Start insertion in LoopBB. 642 Builder.SetInsertPoint(LoopBB); 643 644 // Start the PHI node with an entry for Start. 645 PHINode *Variable = Builder.CreatePHI(Type::getDoubleTy(LLVMContext), 646 2, VarName.c_str()); 647 Variable->addIncoming(StartVal, PreheaderBB); 648 649 Now that the "preheader" for the loop is set up, we switch to emitting 650 code for the loop body. To begin with, we move the insertion point and 651 create the PHI node for the loop induction variable. Since we already 652 know the incoming value for the starting value, we add it to the Phi 653 node. Note that the Phi will eventually get a second value for the 654 backedge, but we can't set it up yet (because it doesn't exist!). 655 656 .. code-block:: c++ 657 658 // Within the loop, the variable is defined equal to the PHI node. If it 659 // shadows an existing variable, we have to restore it, so save it now. 660 Value *OldVal = NamedValues[VarName]; 661 NamedValues[VarName] = Variable; 662 663 // Emit the body of the loop. This, like any other expr, can change the 664 // current BB. Note that we ignore the value computed by the body, but don't 665 // allow an error. 666 if (!Body->codegen()) 667 return nullptr; 668 669 Now the code starts to get more interesting. Our 'for' loop introduces a 670 new variable to the symbol table. This means that our symbol table can 671 now contain either function arguments or loop variables. To handle this, 672 before we codegen the body of the loop, we add the loop variable as the 673 current value for its name. Note that it is possible that there is a 674 variable of the same name in the outer scope. It would be easy to make 675 this an error (emit an error and return null if there is already an 676 entry for VarName) but we choose to allow shadowing of variables. In 677 order to handle this correctly, we remember the Value that we are 678 potentially shadowing in ``OldVal`` (which will be null if there is no 679 shadowed variable). 680 681 Once the loop variable is set into the symbol table, the code 682 recursively codegen's the body. This allows the body to use the loop 683 variable: any references to it will naturally find it in the symbol 684 table. 685 686 .. code-block:: c++ 687 688 // Emit the step value. 689 Value *StepVal = nullptr; 690 if (Step) { 691 StepVal = Step->codegen(); 692 if (!StepVal) 693 return nullptr; 694 } else { 695 // If not specified, use 1.0. 696 StepVal = ConstantFP::get(LLVMContext, APFloat(1.0)); 697 } 698 699 Value *NextVar = Builder.CreateFAdd(Variable, StepVal, "nextvar"); 700 701 Now that the body is emitted, we compute the next value of the iteration 702 variable by adding the step value, or 1.0 if it isn't present. 703 '``NextVar``' will be the value of the loop variable on the next 704 iteration of the loop. 705 706 .. code-block:: c++ 707 708 // Compute the end condition. 709 Value *EndCond = End->codegen(); 710 if (!EndCond) 711 return nullptr; 712 713 // Convert condition to a bool by comparing equal to 0.0. 714 EndCond = Builder.CreateFCmpONE( 715 EndCond, ConstantFP::get(LLVMContext, APFloat(0.0)), "loopcond"); 716 717 Finally, we evaluate the exit value of the loop, to determine whether 718 the loop should exit. This mirrors the condition evaluation for the 719 if/then/else statement. 720 721 .. code-block:: c++ 722 723 // Create the "after loop" block and insert it. 724 BasicBlock *LoopEndBB = Builder.GetInsertBlock(); 725 BasicBlock *AfterBB = 726 BasicBlock::Create(LLVMContext, "afterloop", TheFunction); 727 728 // Insert the conditional branch into the end of LoopEndBB. 729 Builder.CreateCondBr(EndCond, LoopBB, AfterBB); 730 731 // Any new code will be inserted in AfterBB. 732 Builder.SetInsertPoint(AfterBB); 733 734 With the code for the body of the loop complete, we just need to finish 735 up the control flow for it. This code remembers the end block (for the 736 phi node), then creates the block for the loop exit ("afterloop"). Based 737 on the value of the exit condition, it creates a conditional branch that 738 chooses between executing the loop again and exiting the loop. Any 739 future code is emitted in the "afterloop" block, so it sets the 740 insertion position to it. 741 742 .. code-block:: c++ 743 744 // Add a new entry to the PHI node for the backedge. 745 Variable->addIncoming(NextVar, LoopEndBB); 746 747 // Restore the unshadowed variable. 748 if (OldVal) 749 NamedValues[VarName] = OldVal; 750 else 751 NamedValues.erase(VarName); 752 753 // for expr always returns 0.0. 754 return Constant::getNullValue(Type::getDoubleTy(LLVMContext)); 755 } 756 757 The final code handles various cleanups: now that we have the "NextVar" 758 value, we can add the incoming value to the loop PHI node. After that, 759 we remove the loop variable from the symbol table, so that it isn't in 760 scope after the for loop. Finally, code generation of the for loop 761 always returns 0.0, so that is what we return from 762 ``ForExprAST::codegen()``. 763 764 With this, we conclude the "adding control flow to Kaleidoscope" chapter 765 of the tutorial. In this chapter we added two control flow constructs, 766 and used them to motivate a couple of aspects of the LLVM IR that are 767 important for front-end implementors to know. In the next chapter of our 768 saga, we will get a bit crazier and add `user-defined 769 operators <LangImpl6.html>`_ to our poor innocent language. 770 771 Full Code Listing 772 ================= 773 774 Here is the complete code listing for our running example, enhanced with 775 the if/then/else and for expressions.. To build this example, use: 776 777 .. code-block:: bash 778 779 # Compile 780 clang++ -g toy.cpp `llvm-config --cxxflags --ldflags --system-libs --libs core mcjit native` -O3 -o toy 781 # Run 782 ./toy 783 784 Here is the code: 785 786 .. literalinclude:: ../../examples/Kaleidoscope/Chapter5/toy.cpp 787 :language: c++ 788 789 `Next: Extending the language: user-defined operators <LangImpl06.html>`_ 790 791