Idris2/docs/source/backends/index.rst
Edwin Brady 3007b5a99d Generate an executable via CC
This builds a .o from the generated C, and statically links with the
libidris2_support library. It doesn't yet dynamically link with any
additional libraries.
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.. _sect-execs:
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Compiling to Executables
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.. note::
The documentation for Idris has been published under the Creative
Commons CC0 License. As such to the extent possible under law, *The
Idris Community* has waived all copyright and related or neighboring
rights to Documentation for Idris.
More information concerning the CC0 can be found online at: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Idris 2 (the language) is designed to be independent of any specific code
generator. Still, since the point of writing a program is to be able to run it,
it's important to know how to do so! By default, Idris compiles to executables
via `Chez Scheme <https://www.scheme.com/>`_.
You can compile to an executable as follows, at the REPL:
::
Main> :c execname expr
...where ``execname`` is the name of the executable file to generate, and
``expr`` is the Idris expression which will be executed. ``expr`` must have
type ``IO ()``. This will result in an executable file ``execname``, in a
directory ``build/exec``, relative to the current working directory.
You can also execute expressions directly:
::
Main> :exec expr
Again, ``expr`` must have type ``IO ()``.
Finally, you can compile to an executable from the command line by adding
the ``-o <output file>`` option:
::
$ idris2 hello.idr -o hello
This will compile the expression ``Main.main``, generating an executable
``hello`` (with an extension depending on the code generator) in the
``build/exec`` directory.
There are three code generators provided in Idris 2, and (later) there will be
a system for plugging in new code generators for a variety of targets. The
default is to compile via Chez Scheme, with an alternative via Racket or Gambit.
You can set the code generator at the REPL with the `:set codegen` command,
or via the `IDRIS2_CG` environment variable.
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chez
racket
gambit
javascript
refc
custom