# ----------------------------------------------------------------- # pycparser: construct_ast_from_scratch.py # # Tiny example of writing an AST from scratch to C code. # # Andre Ribeiro [https://github.com/Andree37] # License: BSD # ----------------------------------------------------------------- import sys # This is not required if you've installed pycparser into # your site-packages/ with setup.py sys.path.extend(['.', '..']) from pycparser import c_ast, c_generator # target C code: # int main() { # return 0; # } def empty_main_function_ast(): constant_zero = c_ast.Constant(type='int', value='0') return_node = c_ast.Return(expr=constant_zero) compound_node = c_ast.Compound(block_items=[return_node]) type_decl_node = c_ast.TypeDecl(declname='main', quals=[], type=c_ast.IdentifierType(names=['int']), align=[]) func_decl_node = c_ast.FuncDecl(args=c_ast.ParamList([]), type=type_decl_node) func_def_node = c_ast.Decl(name='main', quals=[], storage=[], funcspec=[], type=func_decl_node, init=None, bitsize=None, align=[]) main_func_node = c_ast.FuncDef(decl=func_def_node, param_decls=None, body=compound_node) return main_func_node def generate_c_code(my_ast): generator = c_generator.CGenerator() return generator.visit(my_ast) if __name__ == '__main__': main_function_ast = empty_main_function_ast() print("|----------------------------------------|") main_function_ast.show(offset=2) print("|----------------------------------------|") main_c_code = generate_c_code(main_function_ast) print("C code: \n%s" % main_c_code)