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| 268 | IDE should use only types from `ra_hir`, and should not depend on the underling compiler types. | 268 | IDE should use only types from `ra_hir`, and should not depend on the underling compiler types. |
| 269 | `ra_hir` is a facade. | 269 | `ra_hir` is a facade. |
| 270 | 270 | ||
| 271 | ## IDE API | ||
| 272 | |||
| 273 | The main IDE crate (`ra_ide`) uses "Plain Old Data" for the API. | ||
| 274 | Rather than talking in definitions and references, it talks in Strings and textual offsets. | ||
| 275 | In general, API is centered around UI concerns -- the result of the call is what the user sees in the editor, and not what the compiler sees underneath. | ||
| 276 | The results are 100% Rust specific though. | ||
| 277 | |||
| 271 | # Logging | 278 | # Logging |
| 272 | 279 | ||
| 273 | Logging is done by both rust-analyzer and VS Code, so it might be tricky to | 280 | Logging is done by both rust-analyzer and VS Code, so it might be tricky to |