[MLIR] Feature request: translate from LLVM Dialect to LLVMIR using the C API

[edg-l]

I tried to search for a method to convert programatically using the C API MLIR code to LLVMIR and my conclusion is, you can't, because its missing the method mlir::translateModuleToLLVMIR (https://mlir.llvm.org/doxygen/classmlir_1_1LLVM_1_1ModuleTranslation.html#ac7e657a04e78a09ffd38c2f6cde6b905)

Are there plans to add this funcionality to the C API?

[joker-eph]

Feel free to submit a patch if you need the feature. It's unlikely that it'll happen until someone needs it. MLIR is driven by the needs of the contributors mainly: https://mlir.llvm.org/getting_started/Faq/#why-is-small-feature-not-available-in-mlir

[llvmbot]

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Author: Edgar (edg-l)

I tried to search for a method to convert programatically using the C API MLIR code to LLVMIR and my conclusion is, you can't, because its missing the method `mlir::translateModuleToLLVMIR` (https://mlir.llvm.org/doxygen/classmlir_1_1LLVM_1_1ModuleTranslation.html#ac7e657a04e78a09ffd38c2f6cde6b905)

Are there plans to add this funcionality to the C API?

[edg-l]

Feel free to submit a patch if you need the feature. It's unlikely that it'll happen until someone needs it. MLIR is driven by the needs of the contributors mainly: https://mlir.llvm.org/getting_started/Faq/#why-is-small-feature-not-available-in-mlir

I'll try to do it then!

[vitalybuka]

The patch was reverted fea023b

[vitalybuka]

The patch was re-landed with leak fix 7fb89bf