More examples?

[vivekascoder]

Can we plz have more examples?

[EricLBuehler]

Perhaps links to projects that use Inkwell could be added? In my opinion, a real use case is the best example :)

[vivekascoder]

True, that would be wonderful.

[Pat-Lafon]

Can I shamelessly plug a mini-project of mine? https://github.com/sampsyo/bril/tree/main/bril-rs/brillvm Assuming you already have a frontend, it shows how to use the Inkwell bindings to compile your IR to LLVM or execute it via the jit.

Probably a bit on the simpler side for people more familiar with LLVM.

It does show off a few cool things:

• how to use the stack to avoid needing SSA form
• small examples of many of the builder operations in a clean manner
• how to link in separately compiled rust code to build function calls(for printing)
• some simple manipulation of basic blocks/pointers
• How to get your runtime module to parse command line arguments ie argc/argv

Critiques appreciated!

[EricLBuehler]

@Pat-Lafon, that really looks interesting!

Currently, I am developing Kestrel, a programming language similar to Rust, with a rich type system and safety guarantees, but a different view on generics. The major things Kestrel demonstrates with relation to Inkwell are:

• Linking to C functions
• Overflow handling
• Examples of many of the Inkwell builder methods
• Manipulation of basic blocks and branching
• More to come, such as tagged enums, structs, generics, arrays and dynamic dispatch

However, I would also like to mention to the old Kestrel. It has the basic features of a programming language - and a trait-based type system. However, although it checks ownership and mutability and references, it is unsafe as it does not check lifetimes. This is what the "new" Kestrel seeks to solve. Regardless, the old Kestrel demonstrates:

• Linking to C functions
• Examples of many of the Inkwell builder methods
• Manipulation of basic blocks and branching
• Enums
• Structs
• Generics
• Arrays
• Dynamic dispatch

[TheDan64]

Happy to accept PRs to list more examples

[Dominilk]

self-plug: https://github.com/Dominilk/llvmbf

small llvm frontend for brainf*ck esoteric language