Glossary of WGSL Importing terms

WESL: The extended WGSL language, and is pronounced like "weasel". Stands for WGSL Extended Shading Language
WESL translator: a program that implements the WESL specification and converts WESL source code to WGSL
Importable item
- Structs
- Functions
- Type aliases
- Const declarations, override declarations
- Var declarations
Module: A single WESL file
Root Module: A WESL module from which compilation starts. A single project can have many root modules.
Module Path: Hierarchical address of a module file or partial path, akin to a filesystem path
Side effects: WGSL code that can affect other modules when imported
- Things that are specified when creating a WGSL pipeline
  - Shader entry-points
  - Pipeline-overridable constants
  - Global variables, including bindings
- Directives: Generated WGSL code must agree on a set of directives
- (Maybe const_assert?)
Package: A publishable body of WESL code containing multiple files. Akin to a JavaScript npm package or a Rust crate.
Package Root: The root directory of WESL files
Visibility: Whether a importable item is visible to
- other modules
- other packages

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