Hi everyone, i want to implement/contribute <https...
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vach
04/14/2024, 1:34 PMHi everyone, i want to implement/contribute https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/kotlin-to-support-package-protected-visibility
Would be great if someone familiar with the kotlinc could give me pointers where to start, what potential issues i need to be aware of and test for... any reading material that could help me kickstart working on the compiler would be awesome.
The goal is very simple, i want to have package visibility just like in java, nothing more for now (in the topic there are couple of interesting suggestions for improving over what java did)... i undestand that proper process for this is KEEP but i want to test it out use it myself + get some idea how to work with the compiler.
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edrd
04/15/2024, 4:31 PMI’m not sure this is up-to-date, but it may help anyway: https://github.com/ahinchman1/Kotlin-Compiler-Crash-Course
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vach
04/16/2024, 9:49 AMthanks that is useful
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groostav
04/25/2024, 1:00 AMi mean @vach I have to ask are you someone with a comp-sci background? Compilers are a kind of seminal software, with the seminal book on their design being [principals of compiler design](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principles_of_Compiler_Design), if you (or anyone reading this thread) isnt familiar, that book is the best place to start, but it is a lot of work.
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vach
05/13/2024, 10:40 AMyeah, you're right its a lot of work for a seemingly simple change, for now, I've run out of time to do this, maybe I will be back to it later on,
I do a high-level understanding of compilers, and the code is not too bad. Will get back to it later.
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