================ @@ -60,29 +60,46 @@ features that depend on what CPU architecture or operating system is being compiled for. Please see the :ref:`Target-Specific Features and Limitations <target_features>` section for more details. -The rest of the introduction introduces some basic :ref:`compiler -terminology <terminology>` that is used throughout this manual and -contains a basic :ref:`introduction to using Clang <basicusage>` as a -command line compiler. - .. _terminology: Terminology ----------- +* Lexer -- the part of the compiler responsible for converting source code into + abstract representations called tokens. +* Preprocessor -- the part of the compiler responsible for in-place textual + replacement of source constructs. When the lexer is required to produce a + token, it will run the preprocessor while determining which token to produce. + In other words, when the lexer encounters something like `#include` or a macro + name, the preprocessor will be used to perform the inclusion or expand the + macro name into its replacement list, and return the resulting non-preprocessor + token. +* Parser -- the part of the compiler responsible for determining syntactic + correctness of the source code. The parser will request tokens from the lexer + and after performing semantic analysis of the production, generates an ---------------- AaronBallman wrote:
Funny enough, I had written something for it but noticed we don't talk about Sema much in the user's manual (more of an internals manual thing). But I'll add it back and add a link to the internals manual here as well. https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/151702 _______________________________________________ cfe-commits mailing list cfe-commits@lists.llvm.org https://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cfe-commits
