update-builtin-docs
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Regenerate and audit Elephc's generated builtin documentation from the shared builtin contract plus builtin! and eval_builtin! backend bindings. Use when a change touches crates/elephc-builtin-contract, src/builtins, crates/elephc-magician/src/interpreter/builtins, builtin signatures, builtin lowering hooks, docs/php/builtins, docs/internals/builtins, scripts/docs/builtin_registry.json, or before opening a PR that changes PHP builtins.
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Run the same generated-docs workflow enforced by the builtins-docs-sync CI job.
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Use the repo root as the working directory.
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Run the docs audits used by CI:
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Treat crates/elephc-builtin-contract as the PHP-surface source of truth.
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Do not hand-edit generated builtin pages to fix drift.
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If the user asked only for a sync check, also run:
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If generated files changed, include those files in the same PR as the builtin change unless the user explicitly wants a separate docs-only …
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Update Builtin Docs
Run the same generated-docs workflow enforced by the builtins-docs-sync CI job.
Use the repo root as the working directory.
Workflow
- Build the exporter that reads the shared contract joined to the compiler's
builtin!and eval interpreter'seval_builtin!registries (an example target, so it can link the elephc-magician dev-dependency):
cargo build --example gen_builtins --features curl- Regenerate the JSON registries (functions, plus classes and constants in
symbol_registry.json), the Markdown pages, the generated "Functions" blocks in the module pages, and the PHP comparison page:
python3 scripts/docs/extract_builtins.py --render --force
python3 scripts/docs/gen_module_sections.py
python3 scripts/docs/gen_php_comparison.py- Run the docs audits used by CI:
python3 scripts/docs/audit_builtins.py
python3 scripts/docs/elephc_builtins/validate_site_compat.py
python3 scripts/audit_builtin_eir_boundary.py --enforce-target-architecture- Inspect generated changes before reporting or committing:
git status --short -- docs/php docs/internals/builtins scripts/docs/builtin_registry.json scripts/docs/symbol_registry.json
git diff --checkRules
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crates/elephc-builtin-contractas the PHP-surface source of truth. Treatsrc/builtins/(builtin!) andcrates/elephc-magician/src/interpreter/builtins/(eval_builtin!) as implementation bindings for the AOT and eval support dimensions respectively. - Do not hand-edit generated builtin pages to fix drift; fix the registry, lowering metadata, or
scripts/docs/elephc_builtins/generator inputs, then rerun the workflow. - If the user asked only for a sync check, also run:
git diff --exit-code -- docs/php/builtins.md docs/php/builtins docs/internals/builtins scripts/docs/builtin_registry.json- If generated files changed, include those files in the same PR as the builtin change unless the user explicitly wants a separate docs-only follow-up.
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