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<h1>llvm.ee.ExecutionEngine<a class="headerlink" href="#llvm-ee-executionengine" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<h2>Methods<a class="headerlink" href="#methods" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<h3><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">add_module(self,</span> <span class="pre">module)</span></tt><a class="headerlink" href="#add-module-self-module" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Add a new module to the ExecutionEngine. The ownership is of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">module</span></tt>
is transferred. When the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ExecutionEngine</span></tt> is destroyed, the module is
destroyed.</p>
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<h3><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">free_machine_code_for(self,</span> <span class="pre">fn)</span></tt><a class="headerlink" href="#free-machine-code-for-self-fn" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Release memory used for the machine code generated for the function
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fn</span></tt>.</p>
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<h3><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_pointer_to_function(self,</span> <span class="pre">fn)</span></tt><a class="headerlink" href="#get-pointer-to-function-self-fn" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Obtain the pointer to the function <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fn</span></tt>. This forces the
ExecutionEngine to generate the machine code in lazy mode.</p>
<p>If <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fn</span></tt> is not defined, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ExecutionEngine</span></tt> will lookup the symbol
through <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">dlsym</span></tt>.</p>
<p>The returned function pointer can be wrapped as a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ctypes</span></tt> function.</p>
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<h3><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">remove_module(self,</span> <span class="pre">module)</span></tt><a class="headerlink" href="#remove-module-self-module" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Remove the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">module</span></tt>.</p>
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<h3><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">run_function(self,</span> <span class="pre">fn,</span> <span class="pre">args)</span></tt><a class="headerlink" href="#run-function-self-fn-args" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Execute the function <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fn</span></tt> with an iterable of arguments <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">args</span></tt> which
are of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">GenericValue</span></tt>. This method returns whatever that is returned
by <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fn</span></tt> as a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">GenericValue</span></tt>.</p>
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<h3><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">run_static_ctors(self)</span></tt><a class="headerlink" href="#run-static-ctors-self" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<h3><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">run_static_dtors(self)</span></tt><a class="headerlink" href="#run-static-dtors-self" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<h2>Properties<a class="headerlink" href="#properties" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<h3><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">target_data</span></tt><a class="headerlink" href="#target-data" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Access the <a class="reference external" href="llvm.ee.TargetData.html">TargetData</a> instance associated
with the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ExecutionEngine</span></tt>.</p>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#">llvm.ee.ExecutionEngine</a><ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#methods">Methods</a><ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#add-module-self-module"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">add_module(self,</span> <span class="pre">module)</span></tt></a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#free-machine-code-for-self-fn"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">free_machine_code_for(self,</span> <span class="pre">fn)</span></tt></a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#get-pointer-to-function-self-fn"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_pointer_to_function(self,</span> <span class="pre">fn)</span></tt></a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#remove-module-self-module"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">remove_module(self,</span> <span class="pre">module)</span></tt></a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#run-function-self-fn-args"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">run_function(self,</span> <span class="pre">fn,</span> <span class="pre">args)</span></tt></a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#run-static-ctors-self"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">run_static_ctors(self)</span></tt></a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#run-static-dtors-self"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">run_static_dtors(self)</span></tt></a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#properties">Properties</a><ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#target-data"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">target_data</span></tt></a></li>
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