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Date

2026-07-07

Author

Pierre-Emmanuel Patry

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dcb6355b2a4162ca4b7eae14b970e9f62b90ec3a

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project: gcc
subsystem: gccrs
patch_id: —
commit_hash: dcb6355b2a4162ca4b7eae14b970e9f62b90ec3a
source_type: github
headline: gccrs: Remove metadata export visitor
tldr: gccrs: Simplifies metadata export by dumping the AST directly.
author: Pierre-Emmanuel Patry
outcome: committed
performance_win: false
breaking_change: false
series_id: —
series_parts: []
tags: • gccrs
• metadata
• AST
• compiler internals
discussion_id_link: —
bugzilla_pr: —
url: https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/dcb6355b2a4162ca4b7eae14b970e9f62b90ec3a
date: 2026-07-07T00:00:00.000Z

This commit removes the dedicated metadata export visitor in gccrs, opting instead to directly dump the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) into metadata files. This change is made because the existing metadata format is incomplete and does not support trait implementations, which are expected to change soon. While this approach is slower, it is considered more complete and correct for the current state of metadata handling in the compiler.