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Guide answers "what" but not "why" and "how" for codegen tests A-codegen Area: code generation A-FileCheck Area: LLVM FileCheck tool A-test-suite Area: rust-lang/rust test suites C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1965 opened Apr 23, 2024 by workingjubilee
Clarify "call site hierarchy" in macro A-macros Area: macros (general sense) E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge I-confusing Issue: info is confusing to readers T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1874 opened Jan 28, 2024 by Arthur-Milchior
In macro expansion section, explains why import and collections must be redone A-macros Area: macros (general sense) E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge I-terse Issue: info is very terse T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1873 opened Jan 28, 2024 by Arthur-Milchior
Not clear sentence "Eager expansion generally performs a subset of the things that lazy (normal) expansion does." A-macros Area: macros (general sense) E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge I-confusing Issue: info is confusing to readers T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1871 opened Jan 28, 2024 by Arthur-Milchior
explain generalization when talking about type inference A-inference Area: type inference E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge I-terse Issue: info is very terse T-types Relevant to types team
#1820 opened Nov 3, 2023 by lcnr
@lcnr
Example of using rustc_interface to generate the HIR for a file referencing dependent crates? A-custom-driver Area: custom driver C-discussion Category: discussion E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge I-terse Issue: info is very terse T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1720 opened Jul 3, 2023 by maackle
Improve compiler top-level description in rustc-dev guide A-compiler-architecture Area: high-level compiler architecture E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1691 opened Jun 3, 2023 by GuillaumeGomez
@jieyouxu
1
Document how to find the nightly version that a beta/stable was branched from A-git Area: git C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge T-release Relevant to release team
#1676 opened Apr 19, 2023 by jyn514
Talk about debuginfo somewhere in the codegen chapter A-debuginfo Area: debuginfo C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1661 opened Apr 4, 2023 by jyn514
Running tests manually for check-pass? A-compiletest Area: src/tools/compiletest A-test-suite Area: rust-lang/rust test suites E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge I-terse Issue: info is very terse T-bootstrap Relevant to bootstrap team T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1318 opened Feb 26, 2022 by RalfJung
2
Instructions for adding a new query A-incr-comp Area: incremental compilation A-query-system Area: query system E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge I-terse Issue: info is very terse T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1299 opened Feb 17, 2022 by pierwill
8
Describe query recovery A-incr-comp Area: incremental compilation A-query-system Area: query system E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1285 opened Jan 4, 2022 by Aaron1011
1
Consolidate HKTBs, leak-check and universes information around with what we have in the guide A-leak-check Area: leak check C-tracking-issue Category: issues that track things E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge E-needs-investigation Call for participation: this issue needs further investigation E-needs-writeup Call for participation: discussion can be written up without much research required T-types Relevant to types team
#1184 opened Aug 6, 2021 by spastorino
1
Document how lints are actually emitted A-lints Area: lints C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge E-needs-investigation Call for participation: this issue needs further investigation T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1168 opened Jul 4, 2021 by rylev
2
Document HIR structure A-HIR Area: high-level intermediate representation (HIR) C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1167 opened Jul 4, 2021 by rylev
1
Section Review: 31.1 Lexing and Parsing & 31.2 Macro Expansion A-lexing Area: lexical analysis A-macro-expansion Area: macro expansion A-parser Area: parsing C-section-review Category: A review of a section that can be used to improve that section E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1165 opened Jul 2, 2021 by rylev
Finish chapter on type checking A-HIR Area: high-level intermediate representation (HIR) A-MIR Area: mid-level intermediate representation (MIR) A-THIR Area: typed high-level intermediate representation (THIR) A-type-check Area: type checking C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge T-compiler Relevant to compiler team T-types Relevant to types team
#1161 opened Jul 1, 2021 by rylev
3
Add more detail on procedural macros and custom derive A-proc-macros Area: procedural macros C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1160 opened Jul 1, 2021 by rylev
1
Link to demangler source in section on using a debugger A-debuggers Area: debuggers (lldb, gdb, WinDbg, etc.) A-debuginfo Area: debuginfo E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge needs-triage This issue needs triage to classify its nature and status T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1157 opened Jul 1, 2021 by rylev
2
query system no longer lives inside rustc_middle ? A-query-system Area: query system E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge E-help-wanted Call for participation: extra help is wanted I-outdated Issue: info is outdated T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1091 opened Mar 20, 2021 by matthiaskrgr
1
Document interaction between incremental compilation and diagnostics A-diagnostics Area: diagnostics A-incr-comp Area: incremental compilation C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1090 opened Mar 16, 2021 by Aaron1011
Tracking issue for "Compiler walkthrough" section C-tracking-issue Category: issues that track things E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge T-compiler Relevant to compiler team X-workthrough Effort: compiler walkthrough
#1062 opened Feb 18, 2021 by camelid
4 of 7 tasks
6
Guide on the "social aspects" of compiler development A-meta Area: meta, about rustc or rustc-dev-guide itself A-social Area: social aspects C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1061 opened Feb 18, 2021 by rylev
@jieyouxu
3
Define DefCollector in HIR lowering section A-AST Area: abstract syntax tree A-HIR Area: high-level intermediate representation (HIR) C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1011 opened Jan 6, 2021 by rylev
1
Define "definition", "node", and "item" more precisely in section on hir A-glossary Area: glossary A-HIR Area: high-level intermediate representation (HIR) C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-hard Difficulty: might require advanced knowledge T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1009 opened Jan 6, 2021 by rylev
5
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