frontend ( word -- tree )

Vocabulary

compiler

Inputs

word

a word

Outputs

tree	a sequence

Word description

First step of the compilation process. It outputs a high-level tree in SSA form.

Definition

USING: compiler.tree.builder compiler.tree.optimizer
continuations kernel ;

IN: compiler

: frontend ( word -- tree )
    dup optimize? [
        [ [ build-tree ] [ deoptimize ] recover optimize-tree ]
        keep contains-breakpoints?
        [ nip deoptimize* ] [ drop ] if
    ] [ deoptimize* ] if ;