pykit 0.2.0

pykit

Pykit is a package for a pluggable intermediate representation, that is higher level and easier to use than LLVM. It allows pluggable compiler optimizations and custom opcodes, and aims to abstract over backends (e.g. C or LLVM), IR serialization and caching, debug information. exception handling and potentially GC root finding.

Pykit ships with a builtin set of opcodes, and has an IR verifier and interpreter for that set of operations. The IR is a function of basic blocks containing instructions (operations), similar to three-address code. It supports builtin variables and explicit SSA instructions through the dataflow and reg2mem passes.

Although pykit ships with builtin opcodes and passes, one is entirely free to use a custom set of opcodes, types and transformations.

pykit:

• lowers and optimizes intermediate code

• tries to be independent from platform or high-level language

• can generate LLVM or C89 out of the box

  • todo: finish C codegen :)

• supports pluggable opcodes

• has a number of builtin optimizations and transformations

• has a builtin set of goodies to work with the IR

  • builder, interpreter, verifier

• supports float and complex math functions through llvmmath

pykit is inspired by VMKit and LLVM.

Website

http://pykit.github.io/pykit/

Documentation

http://pykit.github.io/pykit-doc/