What version of Kotlin are we going to see a compi...
# kotlin-natives
spierce7
09/15/2018, 2:40 AMWhat version of Kotlin are we going to see a compiler plugin API that is public across all Kotlin compilers?
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gildor
09/15/2018, 4:23 AMI wouldn't expect it soon, until JVM and JS backends will not use new IR backend
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elizarov
09/15/2018, 6:53 AMYes. All backends on IR first, only then compiler plugins API might start stabilizing.
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spierce7
09/16/2018, 3:52 PMIR?
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gildor
09/16/2018, 4:01 PMInternal Representation
gildor
09/16/2018, 4:05 PMLayer of abstraction on backend that compiles code to internal representation that than compiled to platform specific output and, as I understand, compiler plugins API will allow to change this IR
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spierce7
09/17/2018, 6:31 PMWill adding an additional layer of abstraction slow down compilation?
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gildor
09/17/2018, 11:14 PMNot sure is that an additional layer it replacement of existing code that different for each backend
gildor
09/17/2018, 11:15 PMActually this should help with some optimizations, you implement them only once for all backends
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