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0 pointslucrbvi1d ago0 comments

I really like QBE but I hope they will make it a true library because I don't want to launch a subprocess to compile a program.

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heavensteeth1d ago

This is exactly my gripe unfortunately, it feels like needless fragility. IIRC the author has said they believe it wouldn't be too difficult to patch QBE to work as a library, but from what I've seen the code is somewhat terse and eccentric.

fuhsnn1d ago

There is a library conversion fork: https://github.com/sgraham/sqbe.

IMO when the intended usage is AOT with an external assembler, which is another subprocess, text-based IO is actually the more natural approach.

mamcx1d ago

Tangentially: Is there a Rust alternative similar to this?

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