Finch/boot/main.fch
Nexoniarz 13ef63a586 boot: C import (import "x.h", link, C functions, constants, globals, .ptr, ptr(x))
The self-hosted compiler reads headers with boot/cimport.fch and compiles calls to C
functions (variadics, char* as str, C's default promotions), enum and #define
constants, extern variables like stdout, C structs laid out as C laid them (padding
and fixed arrays, by pointer), .ptr of a str or array, ptr(x) and int(ptr). link
"lib" asks pkg-config, link "x.c" compiles the file along.

cimport and c_pointers pass. Not yet: structs by value (the calling convention) and
addr(fn) for C callbacks, which is also what stops it building itself.

boot.sh now says so when stage 2 can't be made and runs the tests on stage 1.
2026-10-25 19:44:58 +01:00

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// finch-boot: the Finch compiler written in Finch.
//
// finch-boot build <file.fch> [-o name] compile a program
// finch-boot ir <file.fch> print the LLVM IR
//
// It reads the program and the modules it imports, checks it, writes LLVM IR as text
// and lets clang turn that into a program, linked with Finch's C runtime.
import lexer
import ast
import parser
import gen
import cimport
fn dirOf(str path) -> str {
i := path.len - 1
while i >= 0 && path[i] != '/' {
i -= 1
}
if i < 0 {
return "."
}
return path.sub(0, i)
}
fn stem(str path) -> str {
name := path.sub(dirOf(path).len + 1, path.len)
if dirOf(path) == "." && !path.starts_with("./") {
name = path
}
dot := name.find(".")
if dot > 0 {
return name.sub(0, dot)
}
return name
}
struct Loader {
[]ast.Program progs
[]str files
[]str loaded
}
fn load(ptr[Loader] l, str path, str module) {
if !file_exists(path) {
if module.len > 0 {
print("error: can't find the module '" + module + "' (looked for " + path + ")")
} else {
print("error: can't open '" + path + "'")
}
exit(1)
}
src := read_file(path)
file := l.files.len
l.files.push(path)
prog := parser.parse(lexer.lex(src, path), file, path)
prog.module = module
prog.path = path
imports := prog.imports
l.progs.push(prog)
for name in imports {
if !l.loaded.contains(name) {
l.loaded.push(name)
load(l, dirOf(path) + "/" + name + ".fch", name)
}
}
}
// -lname, or whatever pkg-config says the library needs
fn libFlags(str name) -> str {
tmp := "/tmp/finch_pkg_flags.txt"
code := shell("pkg-config --libs '" + name + "' > '" + tmp + "' 2> /dev/null")
if code == 0 && file_exists(tmp) {
flags := read_file(tmp).trim()
shell("rm -f '" + tmp + "'")
if flags.len > 0 {
return flags
}
}
return "-l" + name
}
fn usage() {
print("finch-boot - the Finch compiler written in Finch")
print("usage: finch-boot build <file.fch> [-o name]")
print(" finch-boot ir <file.fch>")
exit(1)
}
fn main([]str args) -> int {
if args.len < 3 {
usage()
}
cmd := args[1]
file := args[2]
out := stem(file)
if args.len == 5 && args[3] == "-o" {
out = args[4]
} else if args.len != 3 {
usage()
}
if cmd != "build" && cmd != "ir" {
usage()
}
loader := Loader()
load(addr(loader), file, "")
// C headers, from every file; their folders are searched first for "local.h"
[]cimport.Header headers
[]str seen
[]str dirs
[]str libs
for prog in loader.progs {
d := dirOf(prog.path)
if !dirs.contains(d) {
dirs.push(d)
}
for i in 0..prog.cimports.len {
if !seen.contains(prog.cimports[i]) {
seen.push(prog.cimports[i])
headers.push(cimport.Header(path: prog.cimports[i], where: prog.cwhere[i]))
}
}
for l in prog.links {
if l.ends_with(".c") {
libs.push("'" + d + "/" + l + "'")
} else {
libs.push(libFlags(l))
}
}
}
ci := cimport.importHeaders(headers, dirs) or {
print(err)
return 1
}
ir := gen.generate(loader.progs, loader.files, ci)
if cmd == "ir" {
print(ir)
return 0
}
// the runtime is Finch's C file; FINCH_RT can point somewhere else
rt := dirOf(args[0]) + "/../runtime/finch_rt.c"
if file_exists("runtime/finch_rt.c") {
rt = "runtime/finch_rt.c"
}
if !file_exists(rt) {
print("error: can't find the Finch runtime (runtime/finch_rt.c)")
return 1
}
llPath := out + ".ll"
write_file(llPath, ir)
code := shell("clang -O2 -w '" + llPath + "' '" + rt + "' -o '" + out + "' -lm " + libs.join(" "))
shell("rm -f '" + llPath + "'")
if code != 0 {
print("error: clang failed")
return 1
}
return 0
}