Glossary

This document describes some commonly used terms

Module

A loadable piece of code that can be developed by external developers.

Analyzer

A piece of code that takes an abstract syntax tree, and analyzes it in some way. The analysis result are diagnostics, and code actions.

Parser

A piece of code that takes in a buffer and parses it for a specific language. The output is an abstract syntax tree.

Project

Always refers to the code_analyzer project.

Package

A reusable piece of code. It can be compiled into a library that can be used by other code.

App

A piece of code that can be used by an end user. Examples are an RPC server, CLI, or LSP server. It can be compiled into a binary that can be executed.

Workspace

Either a package or an app. It can be compiled into either an executable binary or library.

Diagnostic

A message associated with a position and severity level that indicates a (possible) problem in a buffer.

Code action

A change that can be applied to a buffer along with a position.

Abstract Syntax Tree (AST)

A tree representation of the source code of a computer program that conveys the structure of the source code.