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    New port: devel/py-llvmlite · 28116dba
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    A lightweight LLVM python binding for writing JIT compilers
    
    The old llvmpy binding exposes a lot of LLVM APIs but the mapping
    of C++-style memory management to Python is error prone. Numba and
    many JIT compilers do not need a full LLVM API. Only the IR builder,
    optimizer, and JIT compiler APIs are necessary.
    
    llvmlite is a project originally tailored for Numba's needs, using
    the following approach:
    
    - A small C wrapper around the parts of the LLVM C++ API we need
      that are not already exposed by the LLVM C API.
    - A ctypes Python wrapper around the C API.
    - A pure Python implementation of the subset of the LLVM IR builder
      that we need for Numba.
    
    WWW: https://github.com/numba/llvmlite
    
    PR:		211346
    Submitted by:	David Kalliecharan <dave@dal.ca>
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