API Reference

Documentation for the public slang C++ API.

The slang root namespace contains most of the entry points for using the library. See the individual listing pages for a complete reference, but some useful starting points for exploration are:

• The slang::syntax::SyntaxTree class is a convenient way to parse a source file (or some source text in memory) into syntax nodes.
• The slang::syntax::SyntaxVisitor class can be used to walk a syntax tree.
• The slang::syntax::SyntaxRewriter class is a SyntaxVisitor with helper methods for rewriting syntax nodes into some new form (which would be useful for refactoring tools).
• The slang::ast::Compilation class is the main entry point for type checking and elaboration.
• The slang::ast::SemanticModel class can be used to get semantic information about a particular syntax node without necessarily compiling the whole design.
• The slang::ast::ScriptSession is a high level code interpreter; you can give it some source code and it will return a constant value that is the result of executing that code.