rust-lang / rust-lang/rustc-dev-guide
Flesh out HIR chapter to go more in depth about how hir is structured and all its IDs
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Description
We should talk about the DefIds in depth somewhere too.
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the HIR chapter in the rustc-dev-guide and review how it currently describes HIR structure and IDs. Determine the relevant DefId material and expand the chapter so HIR organization and its IDs are explained in depth, with the documentation itself serving as the completion check.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- compilers, documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100