BIGV file format

[Jaroslav Tulach]

On pondělí 12. června 2017 10:18:27 CEST Doug Simon wrote:
> Hi Alex,
> 
> At this point in time, there is no documentation of the format other than
> the code (including BinaryGraphPrinter[1]). What's more, we are currently
> changing the format to improve the encoding.
> 
> @Jaroslav: As part of the format changes, I think it wouldn't hurt to
> document the format (e.g., docs/BIGV.md).

Yes, I am currently enhancing the protocol to be more efficient in various ways. 
I can also document the format when I am at it.

-jt

> [1]
> https://github.com/graalvm/graal/blob/c3411d374452a7000e80c6000aa3ee0e8d8c4
> d41/compiler/src/org.graalvm.compiler.printer/src/org/graalvm/compiler/print
> er/BinaryGraphPrinter.java
> > On 12 Jun 2017, at 08:52, Alexander Senier
> > <alexander.senier at tu-dresden.de> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I need to extend an existing tool to read the graphs output by Graal.
> > The BinaryParser class in IGV and Graals BinaryGraphPrinter give some
> > hints what to do, but I was wondering whether the format is documented
> > somewhere?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Alex