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authorBenjamin Coenen <[email protected]>2020-05-01 15:26:30 +0100
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35* AST 35* AST
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37Of these, only GreenNodes store the actual data, the other two layers are (non-trivial) views into green tree. 37Of these, only GreenNodes store the actual data, the other two layers are (non-trivial) views into green tree.
38Red-green terminology comes from Roslyn ([link](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-ie/archive/blogs/ericlippert/persistence-facades-and-roslyns-red-green-trees)) and gives the name to the `rowan` library. Green and syntax nodes are defined in rowan, ast is defined in rust-analyzer. 38Red-green terminology comes from Roslyn ([link](https://ericlippert.com/2012/06/08/red-green-trees/)) and gives the name to the `rowan` library. Green and syntax nodes are defined in rowan, ast is defined in rust-analyzer.
39 39
40Syntax trees are a semi-transient data structure. 40Syntax trees are a semi-transient data structure.
41In general, frontend does not keep syntax trees for all files in memory. 41In general, frontend does not keep syntax trees for all files in memory.