llvm dev - Jun 2010 - [LLVMdev] call a extern C function

How can i interface llvm bitcode with a existent so library...

like when you use C prebuilt cos() or sin() ... suppose that i create a
sum() in c/c++ compile a .so lib with it
and call it from "the bitcode" program... how can i do this?

Thanks

Fabio Kaminski
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Hello Fabio,

You have to make a C wrapper for any C++ code due to "name mangling". 
This usually looks something like:

extern "C" int mysum(int a, int b)
{
   return sum(a,b);
}

And then you declare it in the bitcode like this:

declare external i32 mysum(i32, i32)

Then you link both the wrapper and the C++ code in like you would any other
linker library, noting the linking order is significant.

Note:  I haven't tested this I may have mistyped something in the commands
since I'm typing from memory.

--Sam

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>From: Fabio Kaminski <fabiokaminski at gmail.com>
>To: llvmdev at cs.uiuc.edu
>Sent: Thu, June 3, 2010 2:07:29 PM
>Subject: [LLVMdev] call a extern C function
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>How can i interface llvm bitcode with a existent so library...
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>like when you use C prebuilt cos() or sin() ... suppose that i create a
sum() in c/c++ compile a .so lib with it
>and call it from "the bitcode" program... how can i do this?
>
>
>Thanks
>
>
>Fabio Kaminski

      
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