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Add org.enso.compiler.dumpIr system prop (#10740) Working on compiler IR is a daunting task. I have therefore added a new system property `enso.compiler.dumpIr` that will help with that. It dumps the encountered IRs to `ir-dumps` directory in the [GraphViz](www.graphviz.org) format. More info in updated docs. Note that all the functionality to dump IRs to `dot` files was already implemented. This PR just adds the command line option and updates docs. # Important Notes - `--dump-graphs` cmd line option is removed as per [Jaroslav's request](https://github.com/enso-org/enso/pull/10740#pullrequestreview-2216676140). - To dump graphs, use `-Dgraal.Dump=Truffle:2` system property passed via `JAVA_OPTS` env var. If you run `env JAVA_OPTS='-Denso.compiler.dumpIr=true' enso --run tmp.enso` where `tmp.enso` is, e.g.: ``` from Standard.Base import all main = 42 ``` You will then have something like: ``` $ ls ir-dumps Standard.Base.Data.Filter_Condition.dot Standard.Base.Data.Time.dot Standard.Base.System.Advanced.dot Standard.Base.Warning.dot Standard.Base.Data.Locale.dot Standard.Base.Enso_Cloud.Enso_File.dot Standard.Base.System.File.Advanced.dot tmp.dot Standard.Base.Data.Numeric.dot Standard.Base.Errors.dot Standard.Base.System.File.dot Standard.Base.Data.Numeric.Internal.dot Standard.Base.Network.HTTP.Internal.dot Standard.Base.System.File.Generic.dot Standard.Base.Data.Text.Regex.Internal.dot Standard.Base.Runtime.dot Standard.Base.System.Internal.dot ``` You can then visualize any of these with `dot -Tsvg -O ir-dumps/tmp.dot`. An example how that could look like is ![image.svg](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/26ab8415-72cf-46da-bc63-f475e9fa628e)
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# Enso Compiler IR
Enso IR, currently implemented in Scala, with base class
`org.enso.compiler.core.IR`, is created from the output of the native
[parser](../parser/README.md). The IR is an immutable annotated AST subjected to
multiple passes. Every pass is a class implementing the
`org.enso.compiler.pass.IRPass` interface.
See [Runtime roadmap - static analysis](../runtime-roadmap.md#static-analysis)
for future goals.
## Visualization
The IR can be visualized using `-Denso.compiler.dumpIr` system property. This
will output a `.dot` file in [GraphViz](www.graphviz.org) format in the
`ir-dumps` directory for each IR in the program. The _dot_ file format is a
minimal textual format, that can be converted to a graphical representation
using the `dot` command from the GraphViz package. For example, on Ubuntu,
install `dot` with `sudo apt install graphviz`. Then, convert the `.dot` file to
a `.svg` image with `dot -Tsvg -o <output>.svg <input>.dot`. An example is:
![image.svg](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/26ab8415-72cf-46da-bc63-f475e9fa628e)
See `org.enso.compiler.dump.IRDumper`.