An oddity of the .ll syntax is that the "@var = " in
@var = global i32 42
is optional. Writing just
global i32 42
is equivalent to
@0 = global i32 42
This means that there is a pretty big First set at the top level. The current implementation maintains it manually. I was trying to refactor it, but then started wondering why keep it a all. I personally find the above syntax confusing. It looks like something is missing.
The attached patch removes the feature and simplifies the parser.