This document describes the MLIR bytecode format and its encoding. This format is versioned and stable: we don’t plan to ever break compatibility, that is a dialect should be able to deserialize any older bytecode. Similarly, we support back-deployment so that an older version of the format can be targetted. That said, it is important to realize that the promises of the bytecode format are made assuming immutable dialects: the format allows backward and forward compatibility, but only when ...
