Hey Ike, Glad you found the slides useful! If I had to guess I imagine it's hard to justify documenting things at the file + function/method level in any huge amount of detail given that the compiler changes pretty rapidly. Or at least, it has in the past -- it's certainly seems to have stabilized a lot over recent months.
That said, I can't imagine the core folks would object to somebody documenting this stuff more formally in an area like the hacking guide if there's not a better source for it. It's interesting stuff for newbies -- especially folks interested in (but new to) compiler construction in general. It's often tough to associate the stuff in text books with real-world examples. :) Happy to help out if there's interest. Cheers, Tom On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 6:24 AM, Isaac Hollander McCreery < ihmccre...@gmail.com> wrote: > All, > > Tom, thank you! I was looking for something like this in the READMEs and > wiki, but couldn't find anything that seemed to start at the beginning and > give clear signposts for where to find things. > > With that in mind, did I miss something? If not, maybe I could convert > these into markdown and we could put them up somewhere visible in the Wiki? > Here's what I could find that's online right now in the same ballpark: > > - https://github.com/mozilla/rust/blob/master/src/librustc/README.txt > - https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Note-rustc-hacking-guide > > What do you all think? > > Thanks for all the great work you do, > Ike > > > On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Tom Lee <rust-...@tomlee.co> wrote: > >> Hey folks, >> >> Here are the slides from a presentation I gave at PDX-Rust earlier this >> week. >> >> The talk itself was a little rough, but I think the notes outlined in the >> slides might be useful for anybody looking to start poking around inside >> the Rust compiler. Happy to clarify anything if the slides are unclear! >> >> http://www.slideshare.net/thomaslee/rust-march2014-32891901 >> >> PDF attached to this email if you're allergic to slideshare. :) >> >> Huge thanks to Brian A. for some extremely helpful last-minute >> fact-checking on short notice. >> >> Cheers, >> Tom >> >> -- >> *Tom Lee */ http://tomlee.co / @tglee <http://twitter.com/tglee> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rust-dev mailing list >> Rust-dev@mozilla.org >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev >> >> > -- *Tom Lee */ http://tomlee.co / @tglee <http://twitter.com/tglee>
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