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 constructanderase test), use the following command:

  cargo test constructanderase -- --show-output

  It should print something like: mlir builtin.module @bar { block_0_0(): builtin.func @foo() -> (si64,) { entry(): c0 = builtin.constant 0x0: 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.