Getting started with LLVM core libraries

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What you will learn

• Configure, build, and install extra LLVM open source projects including Clang tools, static analyzer, CompilerRT, LLDB, DragonEgg, libc++, and LLVM testsuite
• Understand the LLVM library design and interaction between libraries and standalone tools
• Increase your knowledge of source code processing stages by learning how the Clang frontend uses a lexer, parser, and syntax analysis
• Manipulate, generate, and play with LLVM IR files while writing custom IR analyses and transformation passes
• Write tools to use LLVM JustinTime (JIT) compilation capabilities
• Find bugs and improve your code by using the static analyzer
• Design source code analysis and transformation tools using LibClang, LibTooling, and the Clang plugin interface

Who this book is for