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Minor documentation updates

Slava Pestov 2008-03-20 21:55:40 -05:00
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core/compiler/compiler-docs.factor
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"The main entry point to the optimizing compiler:" "The main entry point to the optimizing compiler:"
{ $subsection optimized-recompile-hook } { $subsection optimized-recompile-hook }
"Removing a word's optimized definition:" "Removing a word's optimized definition:"
{ $subsection decompile } ; { $subsection decompile }
"These words are not usually used directly. Instead, use " { $link "compilation-units" } "." ;
ARTICLE: "compiler" "Optimizing compiler" ARTICLE: "compiler" "Optimizing compiler"
"Factor is a fully compiled language implementation with two distinct compilers:" "Factor is a fully compiled language implementation with two distinct compilers:"

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core/compiler/units/units-docs.factor
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$nl $nl
"The parser groups all definitions in a source file into one compilation unit, and parsing words do not need to concern themselves with compilation units. However, if definitions are being created at run time, a compilation unit must be created explicitly:" "The parser groups all definitions in a source file into one compilation unit, and parsing words do not need to concern themselves with compilation units. However, if definitions are being created at run time, a compilation unit must be created explicitly:"
{ $subsection with-compilation-unit } { $subsection with-compilation-unit }
"Words called to associate a definition with a source file location:" "Compiling a set of words:"
{ $subsection compile }
"Words called to associate a definition with a compilation unit and a source file location:"
{ $subsection remember-definition } { $subsection remember-definition }
{ $subsection remember-class } { $subsection remember-class }
"Forward reference checking (see " { $link "definition-checking" } "):" "Forward reference checking (see " { $link "definition-checking" } "):"

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core/syntax/syntax-docs.factor
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} }
"The last restriction ensures that words such as " { $link clone } " do not satisfy the foldable word contract. Indeed, " { $link clone } " will output a mutable object if its input is mutable, and so it is undesirable to evaluate it at compile-time, since doing so would give incorrect semantics for code that clones mutable objects and proceeds to mutate them." "The last restriction ensures that words such as " { $link clone } " do not satisfy the foldable word contract. Indeed, " { $link clone } " will output a mutable object if its input is mutable, and so it is undesirable to evaluate it at compile-time, since doing so would give incorrect semantics for code that clones mutable objects and proceeds to mutate them."
} }
{ $notes
"Folding optimizations are not applied if the call site of a word is in the same source file as the word. This is a side-effect of the compilation unit system; see " { $link "compilation-units" } "."
}
{ $examples "Most operations on numbers are foldable. For example, " { $snippet "2 2 +" } " compiles to a literal 4, since " { $link + } " is declared foldable." } ; { $examples "Most operations on numbers are foldable. For example, " { $snippet "2 2 +" } " compiles to a literal 4, since " { $link + } " is declared foldable." } ;
HELP: flushable HELP: flushable