Links

• REPL implementation

dynamic dispatch

One can use dynamic dispatch to override

Basically causes a vtable lookup, i.e. an indirect call - can be slow for perf critical code

lldb

python import lldb

#!/bin/bash

export PYTHONPATH=/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/PrivateFrameworks/LLDB.framework/Resources/Python/

pause a thread

https://stackoverflow.com/a/56174578

FS watcher

• https://github.com/eonil/FSEvents

SwiftUI

• declarative syntax

Strings

• Unicode compliant
• value type

Conversion to C-string?

GCD (Grand Central Dispatch)

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/DISPATCH

• handles async code
• Can specify the priority of said task. 5 main priorites.
• Basically a thread group. A DispatchGroup is a group of tasks to monitor.

Compiler Notes

IRGen

dynamic replacements

source: emitDynamicReplacements: https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/main/lib/IRGen/GenDecl.cpp#L1741:19

how does this work?

• https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/main/lib/IRGen/IRGenModule.h#L1149:47

Linking: https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/main/lib/IRGen/Linking.cpp