Getting started with LLVM core libraries : get to grips with LLVM essentials and use the core libraries to build advanced tools /: get to grips with LLVM essentials and use the core libraries to build advanced tools. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bruno Cardoso Lopes, Rafael Auler ; cover image by Aniket Sawant.
• Authors: Lopes, Bruno Cardoso; Auler, Rafael
• Other Names: Sawant, Aniket cover designer.
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Build and Install LLVM; Understanding LLVM versions; Obtaining prebuilt packages; Obtaining the official prebuilt binaries; Using package managers; Staying updated with snapshot packages; Building from sources; System requirements; Obtaining sources; SVN; Git; Building and installing LLVM; Using the autotools-generated configure script; Using CMake and Ninja; Using other Unix approaches; Windows and Microsoft Visual Studio; Mac OS X and Xcode; Summary. Chapter 2: External ProjectsIntroducing Clang extras; Building and installing Clang extra tools; Understanding Compiler-RT; Seeing Compiler-RT in action; Using the DragonEgg plugin; Building DragonEgg; Understanding the compilation pipeline with DragonEgg and LLVM tools; Understanding the LLVM test suite; Using LLDB; Exercising a debug session with LLDB; Introducing the libc++ standard library; Summary; Chapter 3: Tools and Design; Introducing LLVM''s basic design principles and its history; Understanding LLVM today; Interacting with the compiler driver; Using standalone tools. Delving into the LLVM internal designGetting to know LLVM''s basic libraries; Introducing LLVM''s C++ practices; Seeing polymorphism in practice; Introducing C++ templates in LLVM; Enforcing C++ best practices in LLVM; Making string references lightweight in LLVM; Demonstrating the pluggable pass interface; Writing your first LLVM project; Writing the Makefile; Writing the code; Navigating the LLVM source -- general advice; Understanding the code as a documentation; Asking the community for help; Coping with updates -- using the SVN log as a documentation; Concluding remarks; Summary. Chapter 4: The FrontendIntroducing Clang; Frontend actions; Libraries; Using libclang; Understanding Clang diagnostics; Reading diagnostics; Learning the frontend phases with Clang; Lexical analysis; Exercising lexical errors; Writing libclang code that uses the lexer; Preprocessing; Syntactic analysis; Understanding Clang AST nodes; Understanding the parser actions with a debugger; Exercising a parser error; Writing code that traverses the Clang AST; Serializing the AST with precompiled headers; Semantic analysis; Exercising a semantic error; Generating the LLVM IR code; Putting it together.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing Ltd
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (314 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 005.1; COMPUTERS -- Programming Languages -- C; Application software -- Development; Computer software -- Development; Application software -- Development; Application software -- Development; Computer software -- Development; Application software / Development; COMPUTERS -- Programming -- General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782166931; 1782166939; 1782166920; 9781782166924
• Related ISBNs: 9781782166924
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 4, 2014).
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