reachable computation: extend explanation of what this does, and why #124904
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| //! item. This obviously includes all public items. However, some of these items cannot be compiled | ||
| //! to machine code (because they are generic), and for some the machine code is not sufficient |
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| //! item. This obviously includes all public items. However, some of these items cannot be compiled | |
| //! to machine code (because they are generic), and for some the machine code is not sufficient | |
| //! item. This obviously includes all public items. However, some of these items cannot be lowered | |
| //! (because they are generic), and for some the machine code is not sufficient |
🤷 I dislike mentioning "machine code" because a codegen backend can do things like emit JavaScript, but I don't have a particularly compelling alternative in mind.
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"lowered" is extremely vague, I don't think the term is precise enough for this discussion.
And we're still mentioning machine code later in the same sentence so I don't think anything is gained by this change.
I've pushed an alternative proposal.
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Makes sense, I like the alternative
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I like everything else in here, except the one little thing I commented on. 👍 |
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Rollup of 5 pull requests Successful merges: - rust-lang#124233 (Add `-lmingwex` second time in `mingw_libs`) - rust-lang#124318 (ignore generics args in attribute paths) - rust-lang#124899 (bootstrap: add comments for the automatic dry run) - rust-lang#124904 (reachable computation: extend explanation of what this does, and why) - rust-lang#124930 (Make sure we consume a generic arg when checking mistyped turbofish) r? `@ghost` `@rustbot` modify labels: rollup
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Rollup merge of rust-lang#124904 - RalfJung:reachable, r=tmiasko reachable computation: extend explanation of what this does, and why Follow-up to rust-lang#122769. I had the time to think about this some more, in particular in the context of rust-lang#119214, so I felt it was worth extending these comments some more. I also gave up on the context of "externally reachable" as it is not called that way anywhere else in the compiler. Cc `@tmiasko` `@saethlin`
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Follow-up to #122769. I had the time to think about this some more, in particular in the context of #119214, so I felt it was worth extending these comments some more.
I also gave up on the context of "externally reachable" as it is not called that way anywhere else in the compiler.
Cc @tmiasko @saethlin