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10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions docs/source/developer/numba-runtime.rst
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The *Numba Runtime (NRT)* provides the language runtime to the *nopython mode*
Python subset. NRT is a standalone C library with a Python binding. This
allows NPM runtime feature to be used without the GIL. Currently, the only
allows :term:`NPM` runtime feature to be used without the GIL. Currently, the only
language feature implemented in NRT is memory management.


Memory Management
=================

NRT implements memory management for NPM code. It uses *atomic reference count*
NRT implements memory management for :term:`NPM` code. It uses *atomic reference count*
for threadsafe, deterministic memory management. NRT maintains a separate
``MemInfo`` structure for storing information about each allocation.

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For NRT to cooperate with CPython, the NRT python binding provides adaptors for
converting python objects that export a memory region. When such an
object is used as an argument to a NPM function, a new ``MemInfo`` is created
and it acquires a reference to the Python object. When a NPM value is returned
object is used as an argument to a :term:`NPM` function, a new ``MemInfo`` is created
and it acquires a reference to the Python object. When a :term:`NPM` value is returned
to the Python interpreter, the associated ``MemInfo`` (if any) is checked. If
the ``MemInfo`` references a Python object, the underlying Python object is
released and returned instead. Otherwise, the ``MemInfo`` is wrapped in a
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Numba compiled code, including use within the Python interpreter and without
the Python interpreter. To make that work, we will be doing some refactoring:

* numba NPM code references statically compiled code in "helperlib.c". Those
* numba :term:`NPM` code references statically compiled code in "helperlib.c". Those
functions should be moved to NRT.
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"lowering" stems from the fact that LLVM IR is low-level and
machine-specific while Numba IR is high-level and abstract.

NPM
nopython mode
A Numba compilation mode that generates code that does not access the
Python C API. This compilation mode produces the highest performance
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