Programming Languages Intermediate RepresentatiON

pliron is an extensible compiler IR framework, inspired by MLIR and written in safe Rust.

Build and Test

• Install the rust toolchain.

• cargo build and cargo test should build the compiler and run the testsuite.

• To see a simple IR constructed (by the print_simple test), use the following command:

  cargo test print_simple -- --show-output
  

  It should print something like:

  builtin.module @bar {
    block_0_0():
      builtin.func @foo: builtin.function <() -> (builtin.integer <si64>)> {
        entry():
          c0 = builtin.constant 0x0: builtin.integer <si64>
          llvm.return c0
      }
  }
  

Using the Library

pliron is currently in a nascent stage and not yet useful for real-world use. In the future it can be used by just adding a dependence to the crate in your Rust project.

Documentation

• Some key design decisions are explained in the introductory blog article.
• Code documentation can be found on docs.rs.