Re: [webkit-dev] Some text about the B3 compiler

2016-01-28 Thread Stéphane Letz
Maybe a stupid question, but what is a the rationale for this new backend? (I was thinking LLVM JIT was used instead to produce machine code….) Thanks. Stéphane Letz Le 29 janv. 2016 à 01:23, Filip Pizlo a écrit : > Hi everyone, > > We’ve been working on a new compiler

Re: [webkit-dev] Some text about the B3 compiler

2016-01-28 Thread Saam barati
Yeah. That’d be the easiest way to keep it up IMO. Saam > On Jan 28, 2016, at 4:37 PM, Filip Pizło wrote: > > +1 > > Do you think we should move the documentation to a file in svn so that it can > be reviewed as part of patch review? > > -Filip > > On Jan 28, 2016, at

Re: [webkit-dev] Some text about the B3 compiler

2016-01-28 Thread Filip Pizlo
I guess we could put it in Websites/webkit.org/b3 . Then patches could edit both B3 and the documentation in one go, and the documentation would go live when it’s committed. Does anyone object to this? -Filip > On Jan 28, 2016, at 4:39 PM, Saam barati

Re: [webkit-dev] Some text about the B3 compiler

2016-01-28 Thread Saam barati
This is great. Thanks Fil. I propose that we do all that we can to keep this updated. I suggest that all patches that change to the IR should also include with it a change to the documentation, and that reviewers should require this. It’d also be great if other significant changes that seem

Re: [webkit-dev] Some text about the B3 compiler

2016-01-28 Thread Filip Pizło
+1 Do you think we should move the documentation to a file in svn so that it can be reviewed as part of patch review? -Filip > On Jan 28, 2016, at 4:32 PM, Saam barati wrote: > > This is great. Thanks Fil. > > I propose that we do all that we can to keep this updated. > I

Re: [webkit-dev] Some text about the B3 compiler

2016-01-28 Thread Andy Estes
I was just going to suggest something similar!  Andy > On Jan 28, 2016, at 4:48 PM, Filip Pizlo wrote: > > I guess we could put it in Websites/webkit.org/b3 . > Then patches could edit both B3 and the documentation in one go, and the > documentation

[webkit-dev] A recent change to how WebKit XPC services work for development

2016-01-28 Thread Dan Bernstein
The recent r195795 changed how WebKit XPC services work for development. I expect this change to not have any impact on most of your workflows, but read on for the details, and be on the lookout for any things that might have broken

Re: [webkit-dev] Some text about the B3 compiler

2016-01-28 Thread Yusuke SUZUKI
Awesome, awesome work! Thanks Fil and all the JSC B3 developers! After this https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153422 is landed, jsc-layout-tests.yaml/js/script-tests/array-enumerators-functions.js.layout-ftl-eager-no-cjit is only the test failing in B3 on Linux GTK port! B3 in the other

Re: [webkit-dev] Some text about the B3 compiler

2016-01-28 Thread Timothy Hatcher
They should be markdown files like we do for the code style and policy documents. https://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/Websites/webkit.org/code-style.md We can then make Wordpress pages on the site that load the markdown. Maybe put them in a /docs/b3/ directory? — Timothy Hatcher > On Jan