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LLVM Techniques, Tips, and Best Practices Clang and Middle-End Libraries. Design powerful and reliable compilers using the latest libraries and tools from LLVM

LLVM Techniques, Tips, and Best Practices Clang and Middle-End Libraries. Design powerful and reliable compilers using the latest libraries and tools from LLVM

Min-Yih Hsu

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Every programmer or engineer, at some point in their career, works with compilers to optimize their applications. Compilers convert a high-level programming language into low-level machine-executable code. LLVM provides the infrastructure, reusable libraries, and tools needed for developers to build their own compilers. With LLVM’s extensive set of tooling, you can effectively generate code for different backends as well as optimize them.
In this book, you’ll explore the LLVM compiler infrastructure and understand how to use it to solve different problems. You’ll start by looking at the structure and design philosophy of important components of LLVM and gradually move on to using Clang libraries to build tools that help you analyze high-level source code. As you advance, the book will show you how to process LLVM IR – a powerful way to transform and optimize the source program for various purposes. Equipped with this knowledge, you’ll be able to leverage LLVM and Clang to create a wide range of useful programming language tools, including compilers, interpreters, IDEs, and source code analyzers.
By the end of this LLVM book, you’ll have developed the skills to create powerful tools using the LLVM framework to overcome different real-world challenges.
  • 1. Saving resources when building LLVM from source
  • 2. Exploring LLVM’s Build System Features
  • 3. Advanced usages of LLVM LIT
  • 4. TableGen Development: For Fun and For Profit
  • 5. Exploring Clang’s Architecture
  • 6. Extending the preprocessors
  • 7. Handling AST
  • 8. Working with Compiler Flags and Toolchains
  • 9. All you need to know about the new PassManager and AnalysisManager
  • 10. Processing IR in a proper way
  • 11. Gearing up with support utilities
  • 12. PGO and Sanitizers developments
  • Title: LLVM Techniques, Tips, and Best Practices Clang and Middle-End Libraries. Design powerful and reliable compilers using the latest libraries and tools from LLVM
  • Author: Min-Yih Hsu
  • Original title: LLVM Techniques, Tips, and Best Practices Clang and Middle-End Libraries. Design powerful and reliable compilers using the latest libraries and tools from LLVM
  • ISBN: 9781838829728, 9781838829728
  • Date of issue: 2021-04-22
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_2a47
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing