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src/CLI/Program.cs

@@ -77,15 +77,15 @@ var objectFiles = new List<string>();
 
 foreach (var compilationUnit in compilationUnits)
 {
-    var ssa = QBEGenerator.Generate(compilationUnit, definitionTable);
-    var asm = await QBE.Invoke(ssa);
-
     var relativeFilePath = Path.GetRelativePath(Environment.CurrentDirectory, sourceTexts[compilationUnit].Path);
     var outputPath = Path.Combine(BIN_INT_DIR, "program", relativeFilePath);
 
     var outputDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(outputPath);
     Debug.Assert(!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(outputDirectory));
     Directory.CreateDirectory(outputDirectory);
+    
+    var ssa = QBEGenerator.Generate(compilationUnit, definitionTable);
+    var asm = await QBE.Invoke(ssa);
 
     var asmPath = Path.ChangeExtension(outputPath, "s");
     await File.WriteAllTextAsync(asmPath, asm);