square / square/wire

Concurrent Compile

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Description

Wire’s compiler is simple and single threaded. This is fine for small projects but problematic for very large ones.

Let's figure out how to do these things in parallel:

  • parallel schema loading
  • parallel code generation

(I don't think we want parallel linking; that's too difficult!)

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating Wire's compiler entry points for schema loading and code generation, then map their dependencies and current single-threaded flow. Done means schema loading and code generation can run in parallel while linking remains out of scope, with behavior preserved for large projects.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
kotlin
Domain
build-system, compilers
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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