invoke.texi (Link Options): Further editorial changes to -flinker-output docs.

2019-07-01  Sandra Loosemore  <sandra@codesourcery.com>

	gcc/
	* doc/invoke.texi (Link Options): Further editorial changes to
	-flinker-output docs.

From-SVN: r272887

diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 868ac76..fdd5e71 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-07-01  Sandra Loosemore  <sandra@codesourcery.com>
+
+       * doc/invoke.texi (Link Options): Further editorial changes to
+       -flinker-output docs.
+
 2019-07-01  Segher Boessenkool  <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
 
        * config/rs6000/rs6000.c (rs6000_force_indexed_or_indirect_mem):

diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index 6382a84..9c6050b 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -6007,8 +6007,9 @@ Warn about types with virtual methods where code quality would be improved
 if the type were declared with the C++11 @code{final} specifier, 
 or, if possible,
 declared in an anonymous namespace. This allows GCC to more aggressively
-devirtualize the polymorphic calls. This warning is more effective with link
-time optimization, where the information about the class hierarchy graph is
+devirtualize the polymorphic calls. This warning is more effective with 
+link-time optimization, 
+where the information about the class hierarchy graph is
 more complete.
 
 @item -Wsuggest-final-methods
@@ -13190,49 +13191,49 @@ Options}.
 
 @item -flinker-output=@var{type}
 @opindex flinker-output
-This option controls code generation of the link time optimizer.  By
+This option controls code generation of the link-time optimizer.  By
 default the linker output is automatically determined by the linker
 plugin.  For debugging the compiler and if incremental linking with a 
 non-LTO object file is desired, it may be useful to control the type
 manually.
 
-If @var{type} is @samp{exec} code generation produces a static
+If @var{type} is @samp{exec}, code generation produces a static
 binary. In this case @option{-fpic} and @option{-fpie} are both
 disabled.
 
-If @var{type} is @samp{dyn} code generation produces a shared
+If @var{type} is @samp{dyn}, code generation produces a shared
 library.  In this case @option{-fpic} or @option{-fPIC} is preserved,
 but not enabled automatically.  This allows to build shared libraries
-without position independent code on architectures where this is
+without position-independent code on architectures where this is
 possible, i.e.@: on x86.
 
-If @var{type} is @samp{pie} code generation produces an @option{-fpie}
+If @var{type} is @samp{pie}, code generation produces an @option{-fpie}
 executable. This results in similar optimizations as @samp{exec}
 except that @option{-fpie} is not disabled if specified at compilation
 time.
 
-If @var{type} is @samp{rel} the compiler assumes that incremental linking is
+If @var{type} is @samp{rel}, the compiler assumes that incremental linking is
 done.  The sections containing intermediate code for link-time optimization are
 merged, pre-optimized, and output to the resulting object file. In addition, if
-@option{-ffat-lto-objects} is specified the binary code is produced for future
-non-LTO linking. The object file produced by incremental linking will be smaller
+@option{-ffat-lto-objects} is specified, binary code is produced for future
+non-LTO linking. The object file produced by incremental linking is smaller
 than a static library produced from the same object files.  At link time the
-result of incremental linking will also load faster to compiler than a static
+result of incremental linking also loads faster than a static
 library assuming that the majority of objects in the library are used.
 
 Finally @samp{nolto-rel} configures the compiler for incremental linking where
-code generation is forced, a final binary is produced and the intermediate
+code generation is forced, a final binary is produced, and the intermediate
 code for later link-time optimization is stripped. When multiple object files
-are linked together the resulting code will be optimized better than with
-link-time optimizations disabled (for example, cross-module inlining will
-happen), most of benefits of whole program optimizations are however lost. 
+are linked together the resulting code is better optimized than with
+link-time optimizations disabled (for example, cross-module inlining 
+happens), but most of benefits of whole program optimizations are lost. 
 
-During the incremental link (by @option{-r}) the linker plugin will default to
+During the incremental link (by @option{-r}) the linker plugin defaults to
 @option{rel}. With current interfaces to GNU Binutils it is however not
 possible to incrementally link LTO objects and non-LTO objects into a single
-mixed object file.  In the case any of object files in incremental link cannot
-be used for link-time optimization the linker plugin will issue a warning and
-use @samp{nolto-rel}. To maintain the whole program optimization it is
+mixed object file.  If any of object files in incremental link cannot
+be used for link-time optimization, the linker plugin issues a warning and
+uses @samp{nolto-rel}. To maintain whole program optimization, it is
 recommended to link such objects into static library instead. Alternatively it
 is possible to use H.J. Lu's binutils with support for mixed objects.
 
@@ -15379,8 +15380,8 @@ Disabled by default.
 
 @item -flto-report-wpa
 @opindex flto-report-wpa
-Like @option{-flto-report}, but only print for the WPA phase of Link
-Time Optimization.
+Like @option{-flto-report}, but only print for the WPA phase of link-time
+optimization.
 
 @item -fmem-report
 @opindex fmem-report