[webkit-dev] Some text about the B3 compiler

[Timothy Hatcher]

They should be markdown files like we do for the code style and policy documents.

https://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/Websites/webkit.org/code-style.md

We can then make Wordpress pages on the site that load the markdown.

Maybe put them in a /docs/b3/ directory?

— Timothy Hatcher

> On Jan 28, 2016, at 4:48 PM, Filip Pizlo <fpizlo at apple.com> wrote:
> 
> I guess we could put it in Websites/webkit.org/b3.  Then patches could edit both B3 and the documentation in one go, and the documentation would go live when it’s committed.
> 
> Does anyone object to this?
> 
> -Filip
> 
> 
>> On Jan 28, 2016, at 4:39 PM, Saam barati <sbarati at apple.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Yeah. That’d be the easiest way to keep it up IMO.
>> 
>> Saam
>> 
>>> On Jan 28, 2016, at 4:37 PM, Filip Pizło <fpizlo at apple.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> +1
>>> 
>>> Do you think we should move the documentation to a file in svn so that it can be reviewed as part of patch review?
>>> 
>>> -Filip
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 28, 2016, at 4:32 PM, Saam barati <sbarati at apple.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> This is great. Thanks Fil.
>>>> 
>>>> I propose that we do all that we can to keep this updated.
>>>> I suggest that all patches that change to the IR should also include with it 
>>>> a change to the documentation, and that reviewers should require this.
>>>> 
>>>> It’d also be great if other significant changes that seem like the deserve
>>>> a mention in the documentation also get added as part of patches.
>>>> 
>>>> Saam
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jan 28, 2016, at 4:23 PM, Filip Pizlo <fpizlo at apple.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>> 
>>>>> We’ve been working on a new compiler backend for the FTL JIT, which we call B3.  It stands for “Bare Bones Backend”.  We recently enabled it on X86/Mac, and we’re working hard to enable it on other platforms.
>>>>> 
>>>>> If you’re interested in how it works, I’ve started writing documentation.  I’ll be adding more to it soon!
>>>>> https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/BareBonesBackend
>>>>> https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/B3IntermediateRepresentation
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Filip
>>>>> 
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