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2.8.2 Ahead-of-time compilation ¶

Although libgccjit is primarily aimed at just-in-time compilation, it can also be used for implementing more traditional ahead-of-time compilers, via the gcc_jit_context_compile_to_file() API entrypoint.

For linking in object files, use gcc_jit_context_add_driver_option().

C Function: void gcc_jit_context_compile_to_file (gcc_jit_context *ctxt, enum gcc_jit_output_kind output_kind, const char *output_path) ¶

Compile the gcc_jit_context * to a file of the given kind.

gcc_jit_context_compile_to_file() ignores the suffix of output_path, and insteads uses the given enum gcc_jit_output_kind to decide what to do.

Note: This is different from the gcc program, which does make use of the suffix of the output file when determining what to do.

C Type: enum gcc_jit_output_kind ¶

The available kinds of output are:

Output kind	Typical suffix
GCC_JIT_OUTPUT_KIND_ASSEMBLER	.s
GCC_JIT_OUTPUT_KIND_OBJECT_FILE	.o
GCC_JIT_OUTPUT_KIND_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY	.so or .dll
GCC_JIT_OUTPUT_KIND_EXECUTABLE	None, or .exe

C Macro: GCC_JIT_OUTPUT_KIND_ASSEMBLER ¶

Compile the context to an assembler file.

C Macro: GCC_JIT_OUTPUT_KIND_OBJECT_FILE ¶

Compile the context to an object file.

C Macro: GCC_JIT_OUTPUT_KIND_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY ¶

Compile the context to a dynamic library.

C Macro: GCC_JIT_OUTPUT_KIND_EXECUTABLE ¶

Compile the context to an executable.