Yeah , picking a single subsystem to get started is a very good and healthy idea.
Hi Omar,
You might want to narrow your scope to one part of GHC. For example, I mostly focused on the Run Time System to be able to conduct my master's thesis. Also, you might want to start off with a tiny goal, like to fix bug XYZ.
Oh, and most important of all is the Commentary, which I think of as a wiki for GHC developers. http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Commentary
Cheers,
Arash
On 2014-10-06 17:23, Omar Mefire wrote:
Hi,
I'm new to ghc codebase and I'm interested in stepping through the code in order to gain a better idea of how it all works.
- Is there a way to load ghc into ghci ? and debug through it ?
- What are the ways experienced ghc devs step through the code ?
- Any techniques you guys recommend ?
- What would your advices be for a newbie to the source code ?
Thanks,
Omar Mefire,
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