ir

src/core.zig

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const sema = @import("sema.zig");
 const codegen = @import("codegen.zig");
 const errors = @import("errors.zig");
 const c_import = @import("c_import.zig");
+const ir = @import("ir/ir.zig");
 const Node = ast.Node;
 
 pub const TargetConfig = codegen.TargetConfig;
@@ -112,6 +113,15 @@ pub const Compilation = struct {
         return c_import.collectCImportSources(self.allocator, root);
     }
 
+    /// Lower the parsed AST to the sx IR module (shadow pipeline).
+    pub fn lowerToIR(self: *Compilation) ir.Module {
+        const root = self.resolved_root orelse self.root orelse return ir.Module.init(self.allocator);
+        var module = ir.Module.init(self.allocator);
+        var lowering = ir.Lowering.init(&module);
+        lowering.lowerRoot(root);
+        return module;
+    }
+
     pub fn renderErrors(self: *const Compilation) void {
         self.diagnostics.renderDebug();
     }