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diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/appendix/glossary.md b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/appendix/glossary.md index 42306dc1c..019d31138 100644 --- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/appendix/glossary.md +++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/appendix/glossary.md @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Term | Meaning <span id="double-ptr">double pointer</span> | A pointer with additional metadata. See "fat pointer" for more. <span id="drop-glue">drop glue</span> | (internal) compiler-generated instructions that handle calling the destructors (`Drop`) for data types. <span id="dst">DST</span> | Short for Dynamically-Sized Type, this is a type for which the compiler cannot statically know the size in memory (e.g. `str` or `[u8]`). Such types don't implement `Sized` and cannot be allocated on the stack. They can only occur as the last field in a struct. They can only be used behind a pointer (e.g. `&str` or `&[u8]`). -<span id="ebl">early-bound lifetime</span> | A lifetime region that is substituted at its definition site. Bound in an item's `Generics` and substituted using a `Substs`. Contrast with **late-bound lifetime**. ([see more](https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_middle/ty/enum.RegionKind.html#bound-regions)) +<span id="ebl">early-bound lifetime</span> | A lifetime region that is substituted at its definition site. Bound in an item's `Generics` and substituted using a `Substs`. Contrast with **late-bound lifetime**. ([see more](https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_type_ir/sty/enum.RegionKind.html#bound-regions)) <span id="empty-type">empty type</span> | see "uninhabited type". <span id="fat-ptr">fat pointer</span> | A two word value carrying the address of some value, along with some further information necessary to put the value to use. Rust includes two kinds of "fat pointers": references to slices, and trait objects. A reference to a slice carries the starting address of the slice and its length. A trait object carries a value's address and a pointer to the trait's implementation appropriate to that value. "Fat pointers" are also known as "wide pointers", and "double pointers". <span id="free-var">free variable</span> | A "free variable" is one that is not bound within an expression or term; see [the background chapter for more](./background.md#free-vs-bound) @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Term | Meaning <span id="irlo">IRLO</span> | `IRLO` or `irlo` is sometimes used as an abbreviation for [internals.rust-lang.org](https://internals.rust-lang.org). <span id="item">item</span> | A kind of "definition" in the language, such as a static, const, use statement, module, struct, etc. Concretely, this corresponds to the `Item` type. <span id="lang-item">lang item</span> | Items that represent concepts intrinsic to the language itself, such as special built-in traits like `Sync` and `Send`; or traits representing operations such as `Add`; or functions that are called by the compiler. ([see more](https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.9.0/book/lang-items.html)) -<span id="lbl">late-bound lifetime</span> | A lifetime region that is substituted at its call site. Bound in a HRTB and substituted by specific functions in the compiler, such as `liberate_late_bound_regions`. Contrast with **early-bound lifetime**. ([see more](https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_middle/ty/enum.RegionKind.html#bound-regions)) +<span id="lbl">late-bound lifetime</span> | A lifetime region that is substituted at its call site. Bound in a HRTB and substituted by specific functions in the compiler, such as `liberate_late_bound_regions`. Contrast with **early-bound lifetime**. ([see more](https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_type_ir/sty/enum.RegionKind.html#bound-regions)) <span id="local-crate">local crate</span> | The crate currently being compiled. This is in contrast to "upstream crates" which refer to dependencies of the local crate. <span id="lto">LTO</span> | Short for Link-Time Optimizations, this is a set of optimizations offered by LLVM that occur just before the final binary is linked. These include optimizations like removing functions that are never used in the final program, for example. _ThinLTO_ is a variant of LTO that aims to be a bit more scalable and efficient, but possibly sacrifices some optimizations. You may also read issues in the Rust repo about "FatLTO", which is the loving nickname given to non-Thin LTO. LLVM documentation: [here][lto] and [here][thinlto]. <span id="llvm">[LLVM]</span> | (actually not an acronym :P) an open-source compiler backend. It accepts LLVM IR and outputs native binaries. Various languages (e.g. Rust) can then implement a compiler front-end that outputs LLVM IR and use LLVM to compile to all the platforms LLVM supports. |