Finch/examples/llvm.fch
Nexoniarz f897fb3140 Rename the Finch file extension from .fn to .fch
.fn is already used by other tools (e.g. Fennel). Modules are now looked up as name.fch;
a leftover name.fn gets a clear message telling you to rename it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-08 19:27:42 +02:00

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// Finch driving LLVM itself through the LLVM-C API: the first step toward
// a compiler written in Finch. Builds a module with `answer() -> 42` and prints its IR.
import "llvm-c/Core.h"
link "LLVM"
fn main() {
mod := LLVMModuleCreateWithName("from_finch")
i64t := LLVMInt64Type()
fnType := LLVMFunctionType(i64t, null, 0, 0)
f := LLVMAddFunction(mod, "answer", fnType)
entry := LLVMAppendBasicBlock(f, "entry")
b := LLVMCreateBuilder()
LLVMPositionBuilderAtEnd(b, entry)
LLVMBuildRet(b, LLVMConstInt(i64t, 42, 0))
LLVMDumpModule(mod)
LLVMDisposeBuilder(b)
LLVMDisposeModule(mod)
}