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diff --git a/docs/dev/README.md b/docs/dev/README.md index 903cb4055a8..64d595b684a 100644 --- a/docs/dev/README.md +++ b/docs/dev/README.md @@ -268,6 +268,13 @@ IDE assumes that all information is available at all times. IDE should use only types from `ra_hir`, and should not depend on the underling compiler types. `ra_hir` is a facade. +## IDE API + +The main IDE crate (`ra_ide`) uses "Plain Old Data" for the API. +Rather than talking in definitions and references, it talks in Strings and textual offsets. +In general, API is centered around UI concerns -- the result of the call is what the user sees in the editor, and not what the compiler sees underneath. +The results are 100% Rust specific though. + # Logging Logging is done by both rust-analyzer and VS Code, so it might be tricky to |