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sdk/pkg/kernel
Martin Kustermann aeee91ac5d [VM] Remaining fixes for flutter coverage issue
This CL changes:

   * package:kernel/clone.dart: To not clone file offsets if the
     file-uri we copy from is unknown.

   * package:kernel/binary/ast_to_binary.dart: To not write out file
     offsets if the file-uri is not written/indexed (which happens if
     the file uri is not in the `Program.uriToSource` map).

   * It reverts the file renaming part of 60a2cfa219 which
     fixed the name collision problem only partially (it missed to
     rename `runtime/lib/double.dart`, which is not possible because
     there's already a `double_patch.dart` file).

     Instead of renaming, we solve the problem by mangling the names as follows:

         .../sdk/lib/core/double.dart       ->  dart:core/double.dart
         .../runtime/lib/double.dart        ->  dart:core/runtime/lib/double.dart
         .../runtime/lib/double_patch.dart  ->  dart:core/runtime/lib/double_patch.dart

   * It changes the test to ignore any negative token positions.  The vm
     service does not just expose `-1` token positions for places where
     there is no source, but also e.g. `-9` (which means TokenPosition::kMethodExtractor),
     this was one reason why the appjit test failed.

   * It changes the test to try to force-compile everything (unsure if that works).

Issue https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/32489

Change-Id: Ia9f42ca9d56d987e3041175add549bb7a133f269
Reviewed-on: https://dart-review.googlesource.com/46341
Reviewed-by: Vyacheslav Egorov <vegorov@google.com>
2018-03-14 17:08:17 +00:00
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2017-05-03 14:34:55 -07:00

Dart Kernel

Dart Kernel is a small high-level language derived from Dart. It is designed for use as an intermediate format for whole-program analysis and transformations, and as a frontend for codegen and execution backends.

The kernel language has in-memory representations in Dart and C++, and can be serialized as binary or text.

Both the kernel language and its implementations are unstable and are under development.

This package contains the Dart part of the implementation and contains:

  • A transformable IR for the kernel language
  • A frontend based on the analyzer
  • Serialization of kernel code

Note: The APIs in this package are in an early state; developers should be careful about depending on this package.

Getting Kernel

Checkout the repository and run pub get:

git clone https://github.com/dart-lang/kernel
cd kernel
pub get

Command-Line Tool

Run tool/dartk.dart from the command-line to convert between .dart files and the serialized binary and textual formats.

dartk expects the .dill extension for files in the binary format. The textual format has no preferred extension right now.

Example commands:

dartk foo.dart            # print text IR for foo.dart
dartk foo.dart -ofoo.dill # write binary IR for foo.dart to foo.dill
dartk foo.dill            # print text IR for binary file foo.dill

Pass the --link or -l flag to link all transitive dependencies into one file:

dartk myapp.dart -ppackages -l -omyapp.dill # Bundle everything.
dartk myapp.dill # Print it back out in a (very, very long) textual format.

See ast.dart for the in-memory IR, or binary.md for a description of the binary format. For now, the textual format is very ad-hoc and cannot be parsed back in.

Testing

If you plan to make changes to kernel, get a checkout of the Dartk SDK and run:

tool/regenerate_dill_files.dart --sdk <path to SDK checkout>
pub run test

Linking

Linking from binary files is not yet implemented. In order to compile a whole program, currently everything must be compiled from source at once.