Finch/boot/main.fch
Nexoniarz 750eca3e85 --target: windows, linux, arm64, macos or a triple, in the compiler written in Finch
Targets, the target's C compiler (FINCH_CC) for linking, C import for the target (--target to libclang, its
headers), the AAPCS64 and Microsoft x64 ways of passing structs by value (and the System V one),
dllexport for libraries on Windows, .exe names, and running the program through wine or qemu-aarch64.
std/ gets time_windows.fch and proc_windows.fch: a module has a version per system (name_windows.fch,
name_macos.fch, name_linux.fch) that wins over name.fch. stdin, stdout and stderr work where C makes them macros.

Run for real: all 27 programs under tests/run and tests/new pass on ARM64 Linux under qemu and on Windows
under Wine (MinGW), structs by value and callbacks included. macOS is only checked as far as clang accepts the
IR; there is no emulator for it here.
2026-10-25 21:33:19 +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
import platform
import "stdlib.h"
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
str os // "windows", "macos" or "linux": a module may have a version for each (time_windows.fch)
str std // the standard library's folder, or ""
[]str paths // FINCH_PATH: more folders to look for modules in
}
// import json: the file next to the one that imports it, else the standard library's.
// A program's own json.fch wins over the library's.
fn findModule(ptr[Loader] l, str from, str name) -> str {
// in each folder, the version for this system first: time_windows.fch, then time.fch
local := dirOf(from) + "/" + name + ".fch"
if file_exists(dirOf(from) + "/" + name + "_" + l.os + ".fch") {
return dirOf(from) + "/" + name + "_" + l.os + ".fch"
}
if file_exists(local) {
return local
}
for d in l.paths {
if file_exists(d + "/" + name + "_" + l.os + ".fch") {
return d + "/" + name + "_" + l.os + ".fch"
}
if file_exists(d + "/" + name + ".fch") {
return d + "/" + name + ".fch"
}
}
if l.std.len > 0 {
if file_exists(l.std + "/" + name + "_" + l.os + ".fch") {
return l.std + "/" + name + "_" + l.os + ".fch"
}
if file_exists(l.std + "/" + name + ".fch") {
return l.std + "/" + name + ".fch"
}
}
return local
}
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, findModule(l, path, name), 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 -- the compiler is written in Finch")
print("usage:")
print(" finch run <file.fch> [args...] build and run a program")
print(" finch build <file.fch> [-o name] build a program")
print(" finch ir <file.fch> print the LLVM IR")
print(" finch version show the version")
print("options:")
print(" -O0 no optimization (faster to build)")
print(" -l <lib> link a library (the same as link \"lib\" in the program)")
print(" -I <dir> look for imported C headers there too")
print(" -g debug info (for gdb and lldb; use -O0 with it)")
print(" --target <name> build for another system: windows, linux, arm64 (Linux), macos, or an LLVM triple")
print("not in this compiler yet: lsp. It is in the C++ one (branch before-bootstrap).")
exit(1)
}
fn quote(str a) -> str {
return "'" + a.replace("'", "'\\''") + "'"
}
fn main([]str args) -> int {
if args.len == 2 && (args[1] == "version" || args[1] == "--version") {
print("Finch 2.4.0 (the compiler is written in Finch)")
return 0
}
if args.len < 3 {
usage()
}
cmd := args[1]
file := args[2]
if cmd != "build" && cmd != "run" && cmd != "ir" {
usage()
}
out := stem(file)
outGiven := false
shared := false
debug := false
targetName := ""
opt := "-O2"
[]str extraLibs
[]str extraDirs
[]str progArgs
ai := 3
while ai < args.len {
a := args[ai]
if cmd == "run" && progArgs.len > 0 { // after the first argument of the program, all of them are its
progArgs.push(a)
} else if a == "-o" && ai + 1 < args.len && cmd == "build" {
out = args[ai + 1]
outGiven = true
ai += 1
} else if a == "--shared" && cmd == "build" {
shared = true
} else if a == "-O0" {
opt = "-O0"
} else if a == "-l" && ai + 1 < args.len {
extraLibs.push(libFlags(args[ai + 1]))
ai += 1
} else if a.starts_with("-l") && a.len > 2 {
extraLibs.push(libFlags(a.sub(2, a.len)))
} else if a == "-I" && ai + 1 < args.len {
extraDirs.push(args[ai + 1])
ai += 1
} else if a == "-g" {
debug = true
} else if a == "--target" && ai + 1 < args.len {
targetName = args[ai + 1]
ai += 1
} else if cmd == "run" {
progArgs.push(a)
} else {
usage()
}
ai += 1
}
tg := platform.select(targetName)
if cmd == "run" {
out = "/tmp/finch_run_" + stem(file) + tg.exe
} else if shared && !outGiven {
if tg.windows {
out = out + ".dll"
} else if tg.darwin {
out = "lib" + out + ".dylib"
} else {
out = "lib" + out + ".so"
}
} else if !outGiven {
out = out + tg.exe
}
loader := Loader()
loader.os = "linux"
if tg.windows {
loader.os = "windows"
} else if tg.darwin {
loader.os = "macos"
}
for cand in [dirOf(args[0]) + "/../std", dirOf(args[0]) + "/std", "std"] {
if loader.std.len == 0 && file_exists(cand + "/path.fch") {
loader.std = cand
}
}
for d in getenv("FINCH_PATH").split(":") {
if d.len > 0 {
loader.paths.push(d)
}
}
load(addr(loader), file, "")
// C headers, from every file; their folders are searched first for "local.h"
[]cimport.Header headers
[]str seen
[]str dirs = extraDirs
[]str libs = extraLibs
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))
}
}
}
triple := ""
if tg.cross {
triple = tg.triple
}
ci := cimport.importHeaders(headers, dirs, triple, tg.windows, tg.cc) or {
print(err)
return 1
}
ir := gen.generate(loader.progs, loader.files, ci, gen.Options(shared: shared, debug: debug, cwd: getenv("PWD"), target: tg))
if cmd == "ir" {
print(ir)
return 0
}
// the runtime is Finch's C file; FINCH_RT can point somewhere else
rt := getenv("FINCH_RT")
if rt.len == 0 {
rt = dirOf(args[0]) + "/../runtime/finch_rt.c"
}
if !file_exists(rt) {
rt = dirOf(args[0]) + "/runtime/finch_rt.c"
}
if !file_exists(rt) && 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)
// the IR is always compiled by clang (CC may be gcc, which can't read it); FINCH_CC picks the linker for another system
clang := getenv("FINCH_CC")
if clang.len == 0 || tg.cross {
clang = "clang"
}
extra := ""
if shared {
extra = " -fPIC"
}
if debug {
extra = extra + " -g" // or clang drops the debug info that is in the IR
}
code := 0
if tg.cross {
// an object for the target, then the target's own C compiler links it with the runtime
obj := out + ".o"
code = shell("clang --target=" + tg.triple + " " + opt + extra + " -w -c '" + llPath + "' -o '" + obj + "'")
if code == 0 {
linkShared := ""
if shared {
linkShared = " -shared"
}
code = shell(tg.cc + " '" + obj + "' '" + rt + "' -o '" + out + "' -lm" + linkShared + " " + libs.join(" "))
}
shell("rm -f '" + obj + "'")
} else {
if shared {
extra = extra + " -shared"
}
code = shell(clang + " " + opt + extra + " -w '" + llPath + "' '" + rt + "' -o '" + out + "' -lm " + libs.join(" "))
}
shell("rm -f '" + llPath + "'")
if code != 0 {
print("error: clang failed")
return 1
}
if cmd == "run" {
[]str quoted
for a in progArgs {
quoted.push(quote(a))
}
status := shell(tg.runner + quote(out) + " " + quoted.join(" "))
shell("rm -f " + quote(out))
return status
}
return 0
}