CrossGL Translator

CrossGL Translator is the Python package published as crosstl. It parses CrossGL and supported shader languages, builds an intermediate AST, and emits target code for graphics, compute, and systems-language backends.

• Quickstart
• Architecture
  • Source ingestion
  • CrossGL frontend
  • Target generation
• Translation Pipeline
  • Pipeline steps
  • Source selection
  • CrossGL as the interchange form
  • Target dispatch
  • Validation and formatting
• Lexer
  • Token ordering
  • Keyword handling
  • Comments and whitespace
  • Errors
  • Debugging
• CrossGL AST
  • Program nodes
  • Type nodes
  • Declaration nodes
  • Statement and expression nodes
  • Compatibility helpers
• Codegen Utilities
  • Resource queries
  • Resource diagnostics
  • Resource arrays
  • Array and AST helpers
  • Vector arithmetic
• Backend Support
  • Built-in targets
  • Built-in sources
  • Runtime discovery
• Backend Guides
  • DirectX and HLSL Backend
  • GLSL Backend
  • CUDA Backend
  • HIP Backend
  • Metal Backend
  • Mojo Backend
  • Rust Backend
  • Slang Backend
  • Vulkan SPIR-V Backend
• Examples
  • Translate from Python
  • Translate from the command line
  • Translate native shader input
  • Useful example files
• Extending CrossGL Translator
  • Add a target backend
  • Add a source backend
  • Plugin discovery
• Python API
  • Public API
  • Frontend API
  • Registries
  • Code Generation Utilities
  • Target Generators
  • Native Source Backends
• Doxygen XML