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5- The THIR ("Typed High-Level Intermediate Representation"), previously HAIR for
5+ The THIR ("Typed High-Level Intermediate Representation"), previously called HAIR for
66"High-Level Abstract IR", is another IR used by rustc that is generated after
77[ type checking] . It is (as of <!-- date: 2021-03 --> March 2021) only used for
88[ MIR construction] and [ exhaustiveness checking] , but
@@ -16,14 +16,17 @@ for the current MIR unsafety checker.
1616
1717As the name might suggest, the THIR is a lowered version of the [ HIR] where all
1818the types have been filled in, which is possible after type checking has completed.
19- But it has some other interesting features that distinguish it from HIR:
20- - like the MIR, the THIR only represents bodies, i.e. "executable code"; this includes
19+ But it has some other interesting features that distinguish it from the HIR:
20+
21+ - Like the MIR, the THIR only represents bodies, i.e. "executable code"; this includes
2122 function bodies, but also ` const ` initializers, for example. Consequently, the THIR
2223 has no representation for items like ` struct ` s or ` trait ` s.
23- - a body of THIR is only stored temporarily and is dropped as soon as it's no longer
24+
25+ - Each body of THIR is only stored temporarily and is dropped as soon as it's no longer
2426 needed, as opposed to being stored until the end of the compilation process (which
2527 is what is done with the HIR).
26- - besides making the types of all nodes available, the THIR also has additional
28+
29+ - Besides making the types of all nodes available, the THIR also has additional
2730 desugaring compared to the HIR. For example, automatic references and dereferences
2831 are made explicit, and method calls and overloaded operators are converted into
2932 plain function calls. Destruction scopes are also made explicit.
@@ -32,8 +35,8 @@ But it has some other interesting features that distinguish it from HIR:
3235
3336The THIR lives in [ ` rustc_mir_build::thir ` ] [ thir ] . To construct a ` thir::Expr ` ,
3437you can use the ` build_thir ` function, passing in the memory arena where the THIR
35- will be allocated. Dropping this arena will result in the THIR being destroyed:
36- this is useful to keep peak memory in check, as having a THIR representation of
38+ will be allocated. Dropping this arena will result in the THIR being destroyed,
39+ which is useful to keep peak memory in check. Having a THIR representation of
3740all bodies of a crate in memory at the same time would be very heavy.
3841
3942[ thir ] : https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_mir_build/thir/index.html
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