Leandro Melo
Member Of Technical Staff at ltcmelo
Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Top SchoolLeandro Melo is a seasoned compiler and systems engineer with 11 years of experience, currently a Member of Technical Staff at Endor Labs and author of the C++ training project ltcmelo. His background spans compiler internals, static analysis, and database SDKs—previous roles include Principal Scientist and Compiler Engineer at ShiftLeft, C++ work on SAP HANA, and contributions to Qt Creator at Nokia. He’s an active open-source contributor to high-profile D compiler projects (LDC and dmd), where he fixed subtle independent front-end compilation issues by adding critical glue stubs—demonstrating deep understanding of cross-stage compiler interfaces. Holding advanced degrees from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Leandro combines academic rigor with pragmatic debugging skills and a knack for untangling complex build and linkage problems. He’s based in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and often surfaces non-obvious fixes that enable whole components to build correctly rather than just patching symptoms.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Master of Engineering - MEng at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
English, German, Portuguese
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Github Skills (21)
programming-language10
llvm10
dword10
compiler-compiler10
dmd10
dt10
compiler10
backend10
back-end-development9
algorithm9
c119
c179
iterator9
stl6
graph6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ldc-developers/ldc
Jul 2014 - Jul 2014
The LLVM-based D Compiler.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Leandro primarily focused on fixing compilation issues related to the independent front-end (FE) compilation within the LDC compiler. Their contributions involved adding stubs in `gluestub.c` to resolve compilation errors caused by changes in other parts of the codebase. These fixes addressed missing implementations of functions such as `toSymbol`, `toObjFile`, `buildClosure`, `retStyle`, and `genhelpers`. The user's work enabled proper building of the FE and indicates their understanding of compiler internals.
compilerldcdlangllvmd
dlang/dmd
Jul 2014 - Jul 2014
dmd D Programming Language compiler
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Leandro's contributions focused on fixing compilation issues within the D language compiler, specifically related to the "independent FE compilation" process. They addressed missing stubs in `gluestub.c` that were causing compilation errors. Their work involved modifying code in `src/gluestub.c` to include function declarations (stubs) for functions moved or introduced in other parts of the compiler. This suggests a focus on ensuring compatibility between different compilation stages.
compilersnativedubdmdstandard-library
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