.. backends/cpp-api.rst: Backend APIs ############ .. 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.