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Implement a three-address code generator from AST.
Define TAC instruction types:
TAC_BINARY: Binary operationsTAC_UNARY: Unary operationsTAC_COPY: AssignmentTAC_LABEL: Label definitionTAC_JUMP: Unconditional jumpTAC_CJUMP: Conditional jumpTAC_PARAM: Function parameterTAC_CALL: Function callTAC_RETURN: Return statementDefine TAC operand types:
OPERAND_TEMP: Temporary (t0, t1, ...)OPERAND_VAR: Variable nameOPERAND_CONST: Constant valueOPERAND_LABEL: Label nameImplement TAC generation:
generate_expression(): Generate TAC for expression, return result tempgenerate_statement(): Generate TAC for statementgenerate_function(): Generate TAC for functionHandle temporaries:
x = a + b * c to proper TACif (x > 0) y = 1; else y = 2; with labels/jumpsThis bridge from tree-shaped ASTs to flat instruction sequences is exactly what GCC's GIMPLE lowering and LLVM's instruction selection preparation do. Flattening expressions into temporaries is also how JVM and WebAssembly bytecode are produced — stack machines are just three-address code with implicit operands.