llvm dev - Jun 2008 - [LLVMdev] bytecode reader

Hi,
 I currently write a tool to parse the LLVM bytecode file (.bc file). So I
have some very basic questions:
- First, about the Abbreviation ID ( "0"=END_BLOCK,
"1"=ENTER_SUBBLOCK...):
how to read these ID from the file stream ? I mean, I don't know, how many
bit length they are. It doesn't exist on the document.
- Second, how is the order to read the bytecode ? 
 For example 4 bytes after the LLVM IR magic nr.:  21 0C 00 00  It describes
the MODULE_BLOCK with its parameters, actually. But I don't know how  to
extract them from those bytes.

I hope that somebody can help me answer these questions.

Thanks and Regards,
Quang

Hi Quang,
> I currently write a tool to parse the LLVM bytecode file (.bc file).  
> So I
> have some very basic questions:
I have to ask: Why are you doing this? There's already a bytecode file  
reader and writer that's part of LLVM and it's a library, so you can  
link it into your own app...
>
> - First, about the Abbreviation ID ( "0"=END_BLOCK,  
> "1"=ENTER_SUBBLOCK...):
> how to read these ID from the file stream ? I mean, I don't know,  
> how many
> bit length they are. It doesn't exist on the document.
> - Second, how is the order to read the bytecode ?
> For example 4 bytes after the LLVM IR magic nr.:  21 0C 00 00  It  
> describes
> the MODULE_BLOCK with its parameters, actually. But I don't know  
> how  to
> extract them from those bytes.
>
> I hope that somebody can help me answer these questions.
>
The best thing to do, if you're not going to use the LLVM library, is  
to look at the source code to see what we're doing. Look at the  
appropriate files (probably .y) in the lib/AsmParser directory.

-bw