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So is the main data processing pipeline broken into several decoupled stages ("algorithms") that pass buffer pointer/length pairs between them ("ranges")? Sorr

So is the main data processing pipeline broken into several decoupled stages ("algorithms") that pass buffer pointer/length pairs between them ("ranges")? Sorry if I'm misunderstanding, I'm not very familiar with these terms as they are used in D. What are the main stages/algorithms that constitute the processing pipeline? I'm mainly trying to understand the high-level roadmap/design enough that I can use the source code itself to answer my more detailed questions. :)

WalterBright 13y ago
The main stages correspond roughly to the "translation phases" described in the Standard. If you're familiar with those, such as \ line splicing, the source code will make more sense. There are also things like "Rescanning and further replacement" mentioned in the spec that are implemented, for example, by macroExpand. I tried to stick with terminology used in the Standard.