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Talk about the async machinery, the key concepts, analysis, representations, etc. A-async Area: async 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-types Area: types (e.g. how they are represented) C-enhancement Category: enhancement I-terse Issue: info is very terse T-compiler Relevant to compiler team WG-async Working group: async
#2144 opened Nov 21, 2024 by jieyouxu
Flesh out HIR chapter to go more in depth about how hir is structured and all its IDs A-HIR Area: high-level intermediate representation (HIR) C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-medium Difficulty: might require some prior knowledge or code reading I-terse Issue: info is very terse T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#2143 opened Nov 21, 2024 by jieyouxu
Collect backlinks to rustc-dev-guide reading club sessions C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-easy Difficulty: might be a good place for a beginner WG-rustc-dev-guide Working group: rustc-dev-guide X-reading-club Effort: dev-guide reading club
#2126 opened Nov 4, 2024 by jieyouxu
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Tracking issue for high-level compiler overview rework A-compiler-architecture Area: high-level compiler architecture C-enhancement Category: enhancement C-tracking-issue Category: issues that track things T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#2116 opened Nov 2, 2024 by jieyouxu
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move lcnrs leak check fcp to dev guide C-enhancement Category: enhancement T-compiler Relevant to compiler team T-types Relevant to types team
#2003 opened Jun 24, 2024 by BoxyUwU
@BoxyUwU
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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
Appendix B: Glossary, Update A-glossary Area: glossary C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-medium Difficulty: might require some prior knowledge or code reading I-terse Issue: info is very terse
#1796 opened Sep 18, 2023 by blyxyas
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
Chapter on bug minimization A-bug-minimization Area: bug minimization C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-medium Difficulty: might require some prior knowledge or code reading T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1649 opened Mar 17, 2023 by langston-barrett
Document how to use rust-analyzer with rustc_private crates out-of-tree A-custom-codegen-backend Area: custom codegen backend A-devex Area: contributor developer experience C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-easy Difficulty: might be a good place for a beginner E-needs-writeup Call for participation: discussion can be written up without much research required T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1544 opened Jan 5, 2023 by jyn514
Suggest adding an antivirus folder exclusion on Windows A-contributor-onboarding Area: contributor on-boarding advice (e.g. for new contributors) A-devex Area: contributor developer experience C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-easy Difficulty: might be a good place for a beginner E-help-wanted Call for participation: extra help is wanted O-windows Operating system: Windows O-windows-msvc Operating system + env: Windows w/ MSVC toolchain
#1533 opened Dec 17, 2022 by jyn514
No explanation what an eRFC is? A-change-process Area: change processes (RFCs, MCPs, ACPs, FCPs, etc.) A-meta Area: meta, about rustc or rustc-dev-guide itself C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-easy Difficulty: might be a good place for a beginner
#1451 opened Aug 29, 2022 by steffahn
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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
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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
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Add information on running the compiler with cachegrind and valgrind A-performance Area: performance C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-medium Difficulty: might require some prior knowledge or code reading T-compiler Relevant to compiler team WG-compiler-performance Working group: Compiler Performance
#1166 opened Jul 4, 2021 by rylev
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Document inline assembly A-inline-asm Area: inline assembly C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-medium Difficulty: might require some prior knowledge or code reading T-compiler Relevant to compiler team T-libs Relevant to libs team
#1162 opened Jul 1, 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
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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
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Document feature gate checking A-feature-gate Area: feature gates and its infrastructure C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-medium Difficulty: might require some prior knowledge or code reading I-terse Issue: info is very terse T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1158 opened Jul 1, 2021 by rylev
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
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
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Point to rustc_ast_lowering and LoweringContext as places where AST to HIR lowering occurs A-AST Area: abstract syntax tree A-HIR Area: high-level intermediate representation (HIR) C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-easy Difficulty: might be a good place for a beginner T-compiler Relevant to compiler team
#1012 opened Jan 6, 2021 by rylev
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
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Define "existential impl Trait" and "universal impl Trait" A-glossary Area: glossary C-enhancement Category: enhancement E-medium Difficulty: might require some prior knowledge or code reading T-compiler Relevant to compiler team T-types Relevant to types team
#1010 opened Jan 6, 2021 by rylev
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ProTip! Updated in the last three days: updated:>2025-05-01.