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Designing a Python Language Server: Lessons from Pyre that Shaped Pyrefly
Pyrefly https://github.com/facebook/pyrefly is a next-generation Python type checker and language server, designed to be extremely fast and featuring advanced refactoring and type inference capabilities.
Pyrefly is a spiritual successor to Pyre https://pyre-check.org/ , the previous Python type checker developed by the same team. The differences between the two type checkers go far beyond a simple rewrite from OCaml to Rust - we designed Pyrefly from the ground up, with a completely different architecture.
Pyrefly’s design comes directly from our experience with Pyre. Some things worked well at scale, while others did not. After running a type checker on massive Python codebases for a long time, we got a clearer sense of which trade-offs actually mattered to users.
This post is a write-up of a few lessons from Pyre that influenced how we approached Pyrefly.
Link to blog: https://pyrefly.org/blog/lessons-from-pyre/
The outline of topics is provided below that way you can decide if it's worth your time to read :)
- Language-server-first Architecture
- OCaml vs. Rust
- Irreversible AST Lowering
- Soundness vs. Usability
- Caching Cyclic Data Dependencies
#technology #programming #dev
Pyrefly https://github.com/facebook/pyrefly is a next-generation Python type checker and language server, designed to be extremely fast and featuring advanced refactoring and type inference capabilities.
Pyrefly is a spiritual successor to Pyre https://pyre-check.org/ , the previous Python type checker developed by the same team. The differences between the two type checkers go far beyond a simple rewrite from OCaml to Rust - we designed Pyrefly from the ground up, with a completely different architecture.
Pyrefly’s design comes directly from our experience with Pyre. Some things worked well at scale, while others did not. After running a type checker on massive Python codebases for a long time, we got a clearer sense of which trade-offs actually mattered to users.
This post is a write-up of a few lessons from Pyre that influenced how we approached Pyrefly.
Link to blog: https://pyrefly.org/blog/lessons-from-pyre/
The outline of topics is provided below that way you can decide if it's worth your time to read :)
- Language-server-first Architecture
- OCaml vs. Rust
- Irreversible AST Lowering
- Soundness vs. Usability
- Caching Cyclic Data Dependencies
#technology #programming #dev
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