Deep Expert Implementation Overview

This page is for advanced Grapa users and deep experts who want to understand the underlying architecture, C++ implementation, or contribute to the core engine.

Purpose

• This page summarizes the existence and organization of Grapa's internal implementation documentation.
• It does not contain internal details, but provides a bridge for advanced users who wish to become contributors or need to reference maintainer docs.

Maintainer/Implementation Docs (for Contributors)

The following documentation is available to contributors and maintainers (not part of the user-facing docs):

• Implementation Details:
• GRAPA_DB_IMPLEMENTATION.md – Database architecture, table/index design
• GRAPA_BTREE_IMPLEMENTATION.md – BTree file structure and algorithms
• FIELD_METADATA_LIFECYCLE.md – Field metadata lifecycle and best practices
• ...and more in the maintainers/IMPLEMENTATION/ directory
• Development & Debugging:
• PROGRAMMER_FRIENDLINESS_AND_ADOPTION_PLAN.md – Language improvement roadmap
• Backlog, Testing, and Internal Notes:
• BACKLOG.md, TESTING_AND_QUALITY/, INTERNAL_NOTES/

Note: These docs are for contributors/maintainers only. If you wish to contribute or need access, contact the project maintainers.

How to Access

• Maintainer docs are located in the maintainers/ directory of the repository.
• They are not published on the user documentation site, but are available to all contributors via the repo.

See Also

• Advanced Topics – For advanced Grapa language features and meta-programming
• Basic Syntax Guide – Canonical user-facing syntax reference

If you are interested in contributing or need deeper technical details, please reach out to the maintainers or visit the maintainers/ directory in the repository.