Using `codon`

The codon program can directly run Codon source in JIT mode:

codon run myprogram.codon

The default compilation and run mode is debug (-debug). Compile and run with optimizations with the -release option:

codon run -release myprogram.codon

codon can also build executables:

# generate 'myprogram' executable
codon build -exe myprogram.codon

# generate 'foo' executable
codon build -o foo myprogram.codon

codon can produce object files:

# generate 'myprogram.o' object file
codon build -obj myprogram.codon

# generate 'foo.o' object file
codon build -o foo.o myprogram.codon

codon can produce LLVM IR:

# generate 'myprogram.ll' object file
codon build -llvm myprogram.codon

# generate 'foo.ll' object file
codon build -o foo.ll myprogram.codon

Compile-time definitions

codon allows for compile-time definitions via the -D flag. For example, in the following code:

print(Int[BIT_WIDTH]())

BIT_WIDTH can be specified on the command line as such: codon run -DBIT_WIDTH=10 myprogram.codon.