[swift-evolution] [Meta] What does the backlog mean to the process?

[Chris Lattner]

On Jul 29, 2016, at 9:42 AM, Mark Lacey via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>> And then, when you try to look up any of those LLVM functions, you get Doxygen, which isn’t really great. It just puts me off really getting to grips with LLVM’s conventions. Maybe one day when I have more time.
>> 
>> Unless somebody knows of some better documentation?
> 
> This is a good reference if you want to start getting to know things like DenseMap, SmallVector, etc.: http://llvm.org/docs/ProgrammersManual.html#picking-the-right-data-structure-for-a-task <http://llvm.org/docs/ProgrammersManual.html#picking-the-right-data-structure-for-a-task>
> 
> The other thing I would suggest is just taking a look at the headers and when needed the source. Most of the ADTs closely resemble STL counterparts in API and are easy to get up-to-speed with. 

Another great resource are the talks about LLVM that are produced as part of the LLVM Developer Meetings. You can find slides and videos here:
http://llvm.org/devmtg/

-Chris


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