Reaver C Compiler

Reaver C Compiler (rcc) is a C99 compiler.

To browse the compiler at the time of submission, which scored 90% (181/201), navigate to branch v1.0.

This compiler features a lexer, parser, preprocessor, AST, and compiles to LLVM IR. It passes all 201/201 tests from the original coursework and 480+ additional tests.

For more information, please read info.md.

Getting started

Dependencies

To install dependencies, run the following commands:

sudo apt update && xargs -a dependencies.txt sudo apt install -y

# On some systems, there are issues with libc++abi. To fix, run:
sudo apt purge libc++abi-18-dev

Usage

To make the compiler, run the following commands:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .

To run the compiler, run the following command, replacing the flags,

• -o for the output file path

For example, this will compile the example program:

build/rcc ./tests/_example/example.c -o ./example.o

Then, invoke your linker to link the object file.

clang ./tests/_example/example_driver.c example.o

Running Unit Tests

To run all unit tests, run the following commands:

cd build
ctest

Credits

• William Huynh
• Kevin Lau

References

C99 standard: https://port70.net/%7Ensz/c/c99/n1256.html