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5 @c whole of that file, in the internals manual, or only the part
6 @c dealing with constraints, in the user manual.
9 @c See miscellaneous notes in gcc.texi on checks/things to do.
11 @include gcc-common.texi
13 @settitle GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) Internals
15 @c Create a separate index for command line options.
17 @c Merge the standard indexes into a single one.
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49 @dircategory Programming
51 * gccint: (gccint). Internals of the GNU Compiler Collection.
53 This file documents the internals of the GNU compilers.
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60 @center @titlefont{GNU Compiler Collection Internals}
62 @center by Richard M. Stallman and the GCC Developer Community
64 @center Last updated 23 May 2004
67 @center for GCC @value{version-GCC}
69 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
70 For GCC Version @value{version-GCC}@*
78 @node Top, Contributing,, (DIR)
82 This manual documents the internals of the GNU compilers, including
83 how to port them to new targets and some information about how to
84 write front ends for new languages. It corresponds to GCC version
85 @value{version-GCC}. The use of the GNU compilers is documented in a
86 separate manual. @xref{Top,, Introduction, gcc, Using the GNU
87 Compiler Collection (GCC)}.
89 This manual is mainly a reference manual rather than a tutorial. It
90 discusses how to contribute to GCC (@pxref{Contributing}), the
91 characteristics of the machines supported by GCC as hosts and targets
92 (@pxref{Portability}), how GCC relates to the ABIs on such systems
93 (@pxref{Interface}), and the characteristics of the languages for
94 which GCC front ends are written (@pxref{Languages}). It then
95 describes the GCC source tree structure and build system, some of the
96 interfaces to GCC front ends, and how support for a target system is
99 Additional tutorial information is linked to from
100 @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html}.
103 * Contributing:: How to contribute to testing and developing GCC.
104 * Portability:: Goals of GCC's portability features.
105 * Interface:: Function-call interface of GCC output.
106 * Libgcc:: Low-level runtime library used by GCC.
107 * Languages:: Languages for which GCC front ends are written.
108 * Source Tree:: GCC source tree structure and build system.
109 * Passes:: Order of passes, what they do, and what each file is for.
110 * Trees:: The source representation used by the C and C++ front ends.
111 * RTL:: The intermediate representation that most passes work on.
112 * Control Flow:: Maintaining and manipulating the control flow graph.
113 * Tree SSA:: Analysis and optimization of the tree representation.
114 * Machine Desc:: How to write machine description instruction patterns.
115 * Target Macros:: How to write the machine description C macros and functions.
116 * Host Config:: Writing the @file{xm-@var{machine}.h} file.
117 * Fragments:: Writing the @file{t-@var{target}} and @file{x-@var{host}} files.
118 * Collect2:: How @code{collect2} works; how it finds @code{ld}.
119 * Header Dirs:: Understanding the standard header file directories.
120 * Type Information:: GCC's memory management; generating type information.
122 * Funding:: How to help assure funding for free software.
123 * GNU Project:: The GNU Project and GNU/Linux.
125 * Copying:: GNU General Public License says
126 how you can copy and share GCC.
127 * GNU Free Documentation License:: How you can copy and share this manual.
128 * Contributors:: People who have contributed to GCC.
130 * Option Index:: Index to command line options.
131 * Index:: Index of concepts and symbol names.
134 @include contribute.texi
135 @include portability.texi
136 @include interface.texi
138 @include languages.texi
139 @include sourcebuild.texi
142 @include tree-ssa.texi
147 @include hostconfig.texi
148 @include fragments.texi
149 @include collect2.texi
150 @include headerdirs.texi
153 @include funding.texi
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170 @unnumbered Option Index
172 GCC's command line options are indexed here without any initial @samp{-}
173 or @samp{--}. Where an option has both positive and negative forms
174 (such as @option{-f@var{option}} and @option{-fno-@var{option}}),
175 relevant entries in the manual are indexed under the most appropriate
176 form; it may sometimes be useful to look up both forms.
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