More internals documentation

More internals documentation

[Emmanuel Oga]

Hi,

I found this excellent documentation:

https://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/internals/index.html

It mentions that it may be out of date (apparently the document is more or
less exactly 10 years old!).

I was wondering if there are other complimentary docs or presentation I
should watch to learn more about kawa implementation and in general how to
compile scheme to java.

Thanks!

Re: More internals documentation

[Per Bothner]

On 11/9/18 3:47 PM, Emmanuel Oga wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I found this excellent documentation:
> 
> https://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/internals/index.html
> 
> It mentions that it may be out of date (apparently the document is more or
> less exactly 10 years old!).

Actually, 20 years old, but it looks like the last update was 2009.
It could do with some work, but it's still a helpful overview.

> I was wondering if there are other complimentary docs or presentation I
> should watch to learn more about kawa implementation and in general how to
> compile scheme to java.

Not that I know.  You can study the code, of course, but I'm sure
it can be a bit overwhelming.
-- 
	--Per Bothner
per@bothner.com   http://per.bothner.com/

Re: More internals documentation

[Emmanuel Oga]

Are there any changes from the top of your head in architecture that you
would highlight?

On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 4:01 PM Per Bothner <per@bothner.com> wrote:

> On 11/9/18 3:47 PM, Emmanuel Oga wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I found this excellent documentation:
> >
> > https://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/internals/index.html
> >
> > It mentions that it may be out of date (apparently the document is more
> or
> > less exactly 10 years old!).
>
> Actually, 20 years old, but it looks like the last update was 2009.
> It could do with some work, but it's still a helpful overview.
>
> > I was wondering if there are other complimentary docs or presentation I
> > should watch to learn more about kawa implementation and in general how
> to
> > compile scheme to java.
>
> Not that I know.  You can study the code, of course, but I'm sure
> it can be a bit overwhelming.
> --
>         --Per Bothner
> per@bothner.com   http://per.bothner.com/
>

Re: More internals documentation

[Per Bothner]

On 11/9/18 5:49 PM, Emmanuel Oga wrote:
> Are there any changes from the top of your head in architecture that you
> would highlight?

There are some more complicated passes in the various ExpVisitor (tree-walking) passes.
Most the complicated stuff happens in InlineCalls, but there are some complex
stuff happening in FineInlineCalls and elsewhere.  I don't think the internals
doc covers that very well.


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	--Per Bothner
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