.. backends/cpp-api.rst:

Backend APIs 
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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1
   
   backend-api/index
   dynamicbackend-api/index
   plaidml-ng-api/index
   executable-api/index
   

As of version ``0.15``, there is a new backend API to work with functions that 
can be compiled as a runtime ``Executable``. Where previously ``Backend`` used a 
``shared_ptr<Function>`` as the handle passed to the ``call`` method to execute 
a compiled object, the addition of the ``shared_ptr<Executable>`` object has 
more direct methods to actions such as ``validate``, ``call``, ``get_performance_data``, 
and so on. This new API permits any executable to be saved or loaded *into* or 
*out of* storage and makes it easier to distinguish when a Function is compiled,
thus making the internals of the ``Backend`` and ``Executable`` easier to 
implement.  
