public function gen()
{
$ir = "";
$function = $this->obj->content[0]->string;
/* convert the C types to LLVM IR */
$function = preg_replace("/char\\s*\\*\\s*.+?(,|\\))/", "i8*\$1", $function);
$function = preg_replace("/int([,( ])/", "i32\$1", $function);
/* add a @-symbol in front of the function name */
$function = preg_replace("/(.+? )(.+?\\()/", "\$1@\$2", $function);
\Tables::addDeclaration($function);
return $ir;
}
