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Nest existing content under Chalk Structure. I think it reads better
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## Chalk Structure
Chalk has two main "products". The first of these is the
[`chalk_engine`][doc-chalk-engine] crate, which defines the core [SLG
solver][slg]. This is the part rustc uses.
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Next we'll go through each stage required to produce the output above.
### Crates
- [**chalk_engine**][doc-chalk-engine]: Defines the core [SLG solver][slg].
- [**chalk_ir**][doc-chalk-ir]: Defines chalk's internal representation of
types, lifetimes, and goals.
- [**chalk_solve**][doc-chalk-solve]: Combines `chalk_ir` and `chalk_engine`,
effectively.
- [`chalk_engine::context`][engine-context] provides the necessary hooks.
- [**chalk_parse**][doc-chalk-parse]: Defines the raw AST and a parser.
- [**chalk**][doc-chalk]: Brings everything together. Defines the following
modules:
- [`rust_ir`][doc-chalk-rust-ir], containing the "HIR-like" form of the AST
- `rust_ir::lowering`, which converts AST to `rust_ir`
- `rules`, which implements logic rules
converting `rust_ir` to `chalk_ir`
- `coherence`, which implements coherence rules
- Also includes [chalki][doc-chalki], chalk's REPL.
[Browse source on GitHub](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/chalk)
[engine-context]: https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/chalk/doc/chalk_engine/context/index.html
[doc-chalk-engine]: https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/chalk/doc/chalk_engine/index.html
[doc-chalk-ir]: https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/chalk/doc/chalk_ir/index.html
[doc-chalk-solve]: https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/chalk/doc/chalk_solve/index.html
[doc-chalk-parse]: https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/chalk/doc/chalk_parse/index.html
[doc-chalk]: https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/chalk/doc/chalk/index.html
[doc-chalk-rust-ir]: https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/chalk/doc/chalk/rules/index.html
[doc-chalki]: https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/chalk/doc/chalki/index.html
[chalk-tests]: https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/chalk/blob/4bce000801de31bf45c02f742a5fce335c9f035f/src/test.rs#L115
## Parsing
### Parsing
Chalk is designed to be incorporated with the Rust compiler, so the syntax and
concepts it deals with heavily borrow from Rust. It is convenient for the sake
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transformation that a program goes through in order to become a format that
chalk can understand.
## Lowering
### Lowering
After parsing, there is a "lowering" phase. This aims to convert traits/impls
into "program clauses". A [`ProgramClause` (source code)][programclause] is
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This rule dictates that `Vec<T>: Clone` is only satisfied if `T: Clone` is also
satisfied (i.e. "provable").
### Well-formedness checks
#### Well-formedness checks
As part of lowering from the AST to the internal IR, we also do some "well
formedness" checks. See the [source code][well-formedness-checks] for where
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"coherence" which means that it ensures that two impls of the same trait for the
same type cannot exist.
## Intermediate Representation (IR)
### Intermediate Representation (IR)
The second intermediate representation in chalk is called, well, the "ir". :)
The [IR source code][ir-code] contains the complete definition. The
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`program_clauses` which contains the `ProgramClause`s that we generated
previously.
## Rules
### Rules
The `rules` module works by iterating over every trait, impl, etc. and emitting
the rules that come from each one. See [Lowering Rules][lowering-rules] for the
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The `ir::ProgramEnvironment` is created [in this module][rules-environment].
### Solver
See [The SLG Solver][slg].
## Crates
Chalk's functionality is broken up into the following crates:
- [**chalk_engine**][doc-chalk-engine]: Defines the core [SLG solver][slg].
- [**chalk_ir**][doc-chalk-ir]: Defines chalk's internal representation of
types, lifetimes, and goals.
- [**chalk_solve**][doc-chalk-solve]: Combines `chalk_ir` and `chalk_engine`,
effectively.
- [`chalk_engine::context`][engine-context] provides the necessary hooks.
- [**chalk_parse**][doc-chalk-parse]: Defines the raw AST and a parser.
- [**chalk**][doc-chalk]: Brings everything together. Defines the following
modules:
- [`rust_ir`][doc-chalk-rust-ir], containing the "HIR-like" form of the AST
- `rust_ir::lowering`, which converts AST to `rust_ir`
- `rules`, which implements logic rules converting `rust_ir` to `chalk_ir`
- `coherence`, which implements coherence rules
- Also includes [chalki][doc-chalki], chalk's REPL.
[Browse source on GitHub](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/chalk)
[engine-context]: https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/chalk/doc/chalk_engine/context/index.html
[doc-chalk-engine]: https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/chalk/doc/chalk_engine/index.html
[doc-chalk-ir]: https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/chalk/doc/chalk_ir/index.html
[doc-chalk-solve]: https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/chalk/doc/chalk_solve/index.html
[doc-chalk-parse]: https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/chalk/doc/chalk_parse/index.html
[doc-chalk]: https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/chalk/doc/chalk/index.html
[doc-chalk-rust-ir]: https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/chalk/doc/chalk/rules/index.html
[doc-chalki]: https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/chalk/doc/chalki/index.html
## Testing
TODO: Basically, [there is a macro](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/chalk/blob/94a1941a021842a5fcb35cd043145c8faae59f08/src/solve/test.rs#L112-L148)