diff --git a/doc/Memory.md b/doc/Memory.md index ed503e252f2605f4b511b9a316c6ece9941eef27..c937a16a0e50f7bf8fd4fba53b458093af466a7a 100644 --- a/doc/Memory.md +++ b/doc/Memory.md @@ -86,13 +86,11 @@ In short, the complilation process can be broken down to the following steps: 1. Parsing input * this processes the .rs files and produces the AST ("abstract syntax tree") - * the AST is defined in syntax/ast.rs. It is intended to match the lexical syntax of the Rust language quite closely. 2. Name resolution, macro expansion, and configuration * once parsing is complete, we process the AST recursively, resolving paths and expanding macros. This same process also processes `#[cfg]` nodes, and hence may strip thingsout of the AST as well. 3. Lowering to HIR * Once name resolution completes, we convert the AST into the HIR, or "high-level IR". - * The HIR is a lightly desugared variant of the AST. It is more processed than the AST and more suitable for the analyses that follow. 4. Type-checking and subsequent analyses * An important step in processing the HIR is to perform type checking. This process assigns types to every HIR expression, and also is responsible for resolving some "type-dependent" paths, such as field accesses (`x.f`)