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+.. Copyright (C) 2014-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Originally contributed by David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com>
+
+   This is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+   under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+Tutorial part 3: Loops and variables
+------------------------------------
+Consider this C function:
+
+ .. code-block:: c
+
+  int loop_test (int n)
+  {
+    int sum = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
+      sum += i * i;
+    return sum;
+  }
+
+This example demonstrates some more features of libgccjit, with local
+variables and a loop.
+
+To break this down into libgccjit terms, it's usually easier to reword
+the `for` loop as a `while` loop, giving:
+
+ .. code-block:: c
+
+  int loop_test (int n)
+  {
+    int sum = 0;
+    int i = 0;
+    while (i < n)
+    {
+      sum += i * i;
+      i++;
+    }
+    return sum;
+  }
+
+Here's what the final control flow graph will look like:
+
+    .. figure:: sum-of-squares.png
+      :alt: image of a control flow graph
+
+As before, we include the libgccjit header and make a
+:c:type:`gcc_jit_context *`.
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+  #include <libgccjit.h>
+
+  void test (void)
+  {
+    gcc_jit_context *ctxt;
+    ctxt = gcc_jit_context_acquire ();
+
+The function works with the C `int` type:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+  gcc_jit_type *the_type =
+    gcc_jit_context_get_type (ctxt, GCC_JIT_TYPE_INT);
+  gcc_jit_type *return_type = the_type;
+
+though we could equally well make it work on, say, `double`:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+  gcc_jit_type *the_type =
+    gcc_jit_context_get_type (ctxt, GCC_JIT_TYPE_DOUBLE);
+
+Let's build the function:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+  gcc_jit_param *n =
+    gcc_jit_context_new_param (ctxt, NULL, the_type, "n");
+  gcc_jit_param *params[1] = {n};
+  gcc_jit_function *func =
+    gcc_jit_context_new_function (ctxt, NULL,
+				  GCC_JIT_FUNCTION_EXPORTED,
+				  return_type,
+				  "loop_test",
+				  1, params, 0);
+
+Expressions: lvalues and rvalues
+********************************
+
+The base class of expression is the :c:type:`gcc_jit_rvalue *`,
+representing an expression that can be on the *right*-hand side of
+an assignment: a value that can be computed somehow, and assigned
+*to* a storage area (such as a variable).  It has a specific
+:c:type:`gcc_jit_type *`.
+
+Anothe important class is :c:type:`gcc_jit_lvalue *`.
+A :c:type:`gcc_jit_lvalue *`. is something that can of the *left*-hand
+side of an assignment: a storage area (such as a variable).
+
+In other words, every assignment can be thought of as:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+   LVALUE = RVALUE;
+
+Note that :c:type:`gcc_jit_lvalue *` is a subclass of
+:c:type:`gcc_jit_rvalue *`, where in an assignment of the form:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+   LVALUE_A = LVALUE_B;
+
+the `LVALUE_B` implies reading the current value of that storage
+area, assigning it into the `LVALUE_A`.
+
+So far the only expressions we've seen are `i * i`:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+   gcc_jit_rvalue *expr =
+     gcc_jit_context_new_binary_op (
+       ctxt, NULL,
+       GCC_JIT_BINARY_OP_MULT, int_type,
+       gcc_jit_param_as_rvalue (param_i),
+       gcc_jit_param_as_rvalue (param_i));
+
+which is a :c:type:`gcc_jit_rvalue *`, and the various function
+parameters: `param_i` and `param_n`, instances of
+:c:type:`gcc_jit_param *`, which is a subclass of
+:c:type:`gcc_jit_lvalue *` (and, in turn, of :c:type:`gcc_jit_rvalue *`):
+we can both read from and write to function parameters within the
+body of a function.
+
+Our new example has a couple of local variables.  We create them by
+calling :c:func:`gcc_jit_function_new_local`, supplying a type and a
+name:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+  /* Build locals:  */
+  gcc_jit_lvalue *i =
+    gcc_jit_function_new_local (func, NULL, the_type, "i");
+  gcc_jit_lvalue *sum =
+    gcc_jit_function_new_local (func, NULL, the_type, "sum");
+
+These are instances of :c:type:`gcc_jit_lvalue *` - they can be read from
+and written to.
+
+Note that there is no precanned way to create *and* initialize a variable
+like in C:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+   int i = 0;
+
+Instead, having added the local to the function, we have to separately add
+an assignment of `0` to `local_i` at the beginning of the function.
+
+Control flow
+************
+
+This function has a loop, so we need to build some basic blocks to
+handle the control flow.  In this case, we need 4 blocks:
+
+1. before the loop (initializing the locals)
+2. the conditional at the top of the loop (comparing `i < n`)
+3. the body of the loop
+4. after the loop terminates (`return sum`)
+
+so we create these as :c:type:`gcc_jit_block *` instances within the
+:c:type:`gcc_jit_function *`:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+  gcc_jit_block *b_initial =
+    gcc_jit_function_new_block (func, "initial");
+  gcc_jit_block *b_loop_cond =
+    gcc_jit_function_new_block (func, "loop_cond");
+  gcc_jit_block *b_loop_body =
+    gcc_jit_function_new_block (func, "loop_body");
+  gcc_jit_block *b_after_loop =
+    gcc_jit_function_new_block (func, "after_loop");
+
+We now populate each block with statements.
+
+The entry block `b_initial` consists of initializations followed by a jump
+to the conditional.  We assign `0` to `i` and to `sum`, using
+:c:func:`gcc_jit_block_add_assignment` to add
+an assignment statement, and using :c:func:`gcc_jit_context_zero` to get
+the constant value `0` for the relevant type for the right-hand side of
+the assignment:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+  /* sum = 0; */
+  gcc_jit_block_add_assignment (
+    b_initial, NULL,
+    sum,
+    gcc_jit_context_zero (ctxt, the_type));
+
+  /* i = 0; */
+  gcc_jit_block_add_assignment (
+    b_initial, NULL,
+    i,
+    gcc_jit_context_zero (ctxt, the_type));
+
+We can then terminate the entry block by jumping to the conditional:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+  gcc_jit_block_end_with_jump (b_initial, NULL, b_loop_cond);
+
+The conditional block is equivalent to the line `while (i < n)` from our
+C example. It contains a single statement: a conditional, which jumps to
+one of two destination blocks depending on a boolean
+:c:type:`gcc_jit_rvalue *`, in this case the comparison of `i` and `n`.
+We build the comparison using :c:func:`gcc_jit_context_new_comparison`:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+  /* (i >= n) */
+   gcc_jit_rvalue *guard =
+     gcc_jit_context_new_comparison (
+       ctxt, NULL,
+       GCC_JIT_COMPARISON_GE,
+       gcc_jit_lvalue_as_rvalue (i),
+       gcc_jit_param_as_rvalue (n));
+
+and can then use this to add `b_loop_cond`'s sole statement, via
+:c:func:`gcc_jit_block_end_with_conditional`:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+  /* Equivalent to:
+       if (guard)
+         goto after_loop;
+       else
+         goto loop_body;  */
+  gcc_jit_block_end_with_conditional (
+    b_loop_cond, NULL,
+    guard,
+    b_after_loop, /* on_true */
+    b_loop_body); /* on_false */
+
+Next, we populate the body of the loop.
+
+The C statement `sum += i * i;` is an assignment operation, where an
+lvalue is modified "in-place".  We use
+:c:func:`gcc_jit_block_add_assignment_op` to handle these operations:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+  /* sum += i * i */
+  gcc_jit_block_add_assignment_op (
+    b_loop_body, NULL,
+    sum,
+    GCC_JIT_BINARY_OP_PLUS,
+    gcc_jit_context_new_binary_op (
+      ctxt, NULL,
+      GCC_JIT_BINARY_OP_MULT, the_type,
+      gcc_jit_lvalue_as_rvalue (i),
+      gcc_jit_lvalue_as_rvalue (i)));
+
+The `i++` can be thought of as `i += 1`, and can thus be handled in
+a similar way.  We use :c:func:`gcc_jit_context_one` to get the constant
+value `1` (for the relevant type) for the right-hand side
+of the assignment.
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+  /* i++ */
+  gcc_jit_block_add_assignment_op (
+    b_loop_body, NULL,
+    i,
+    GCC_JIT_BINARY_OP_PLUS,
+    gcc_jit_context_one (ctxt, the_type));
+
+.. note::
+
+  For numeric constants other than 0 or 1, we could use
+  :c:func:`gcc_jit_context_new_rvalue_from_int` and
+  :c:func:`gcc_jit_context_new_rvalue_from_double`.
+
+The loop body completes by jumping back to the conditional:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+  gcc_jit_block_end_with_jump (b_loop_body, NULL, b_loop_cond);
+
+Finally, we populate the `b_after_loop` block, reached when the loop
+conditional is false.  We want to generate the equivalent of:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+   return sum;
+
+so the block is just one statement:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+  /* return sum */
+  gcc_jit_block_end_with_return (
+    b_after_loop,
+    NULL,
+    gcc_jit_lvalue_as_rvalue (sum));
+
+.. note::
+
+   You can intermingle block creation with statement creation,
+   but given that the terminator statements generally include references
+   to other blocks, I find it's clearer to create all the blocks,
+   *then* all the statements.
+
+We've finished populating the function.  As before, we can now compile it
+to machine code:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+   gcc_jit_result *result;
+   result = gcc_jit_context_compile (ctxt);
+
+   typedef int (*loop_test_fn_type) (int);
+   loop_test_fn_type loop_test =
+    (loop_test_fn_type)gcc_jit_result_get_code (result, "loop_test");
+   if (!loop_test)
+     goto error;
+   printf ("result: %d", loop_test (10));
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   result: 285
+
+
+Visualizing the control flow graph
+**********************************
+
+You can see the control flow graph of a function using
+:c:func:`gcc_jit_function_dump_to_dot`:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+  gcc_jit_function_dump_to_dot (func, "/tmp/sum-of-squares.dot");
+
+giving a .dot file in GraphViz format.
+
+You can convert this to an image using `dot`:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   $ dot -Tpng /tmp/sum-of-squares.dot -o /tmp/sum-of-squares.png
+
+or use a viewer (my preferred one is xdot.py; see
+https://github.com/jrfonseca/xdot.py; on Fedora you can
+install it with `yum install python-xdot`):
+
+    .. figure:: sum-of-squares.png
+      :alt: image of a control flow graph
+
+Full example
+************
+
+   .. literalinclude:: ../examples/tut03-sum-of-squares.c
+    :lines: 1-
+    :language: c
+
+Building and running it:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  $ gcc \
+      tut03-sum-of-squares.c \
+      -o tut03-sum-of-squares \
+      -lgccjit
+
+  # Run the built program:
+  $ ./tut03-sum-of-squares
+  loop_test returned: 285