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diff --git a/contrib/gcc/LANGUAGES b/contrib/gcc/LANGUAGES deleted file mode 100644 index c3d4223477ee..000000000000 --- a/contrib/gcc/LANGUAGES +++ /dev/null @@ -1,91 +0,0 @@ -Right now there is no documentation for the GCC tree -> rtl interfaces -(or more generally the interfaces for adding new languages). - -Such documentation would be of great benefit to the project. Until such -time as we can formally start documenting the interface this file will -serve as a repository for information on these interface and any incompatable -changes we've made. - -Aug 31, 1998: - The interface to HANDLE_PRAGMA has changed. It now takes three arguments. - The first two are pointers to functions that should be used to read characters - from the input stream, and to push them back into the input stream respectively. - The third argument is a pointer to a null terminate string which is the first - word after #pragma. The expression supplied by HANDLE_PRAGMA should return - non-zero if it parsed and implemented the pragma. Otherwise it should return - zero, and leave the input stream as it was before the expression was evaluated. - - A new back-end definable macro has been added: INSERT_ATTRIBUTES. This macro - allows backend to add attributes to decls as they are created. - -Jun 10, 1998: - The interface to lang_decode_option has changed. It now uses and argc/argv - interface to allow for options that use more than one input string. The new - declaration is: int lang_decode_option (int argc, char** argv). It now - returns the number of input strings processed, or 0 if the option is - unknown. - -Jun 7, 1998: - Front-ends must now define lang_init_options. It is safe for this - function to do nothing. See c-lang.c. - -Apr 21, 1998: - Front ends which link with c-common or other files from the C/C++ - front-ends may need to handle TI types. Look for references to - [unsigned]int_DI_type_node in your front end. If you have references - to these variables, you'll need up update the front end. - - To update the front end you must mirror all the code which currently - deals with intDI_type_node to also handle intTI_type_node. - - -Apr 7, 1998: - The interface between toplev.c and the language front ends for opening the - source file has changed: - - o init_lex() has been renamed to init_parse (char *filename) where filename - is the name of the source file. - o The code in toplev.c which opened the source file should be moved to - the new init_parse function. - o toplev.c now calls finish_parse() instead of closing the source file - using fclose(). This should now be done in finish_parse, if necessary. - -Apr 1, 1998: - Front-ends must now define lang_print_xnode. It is safe for this - function to do nothing. See c-lang.c. - -Feb 1, 1998: - - GCC used to store structure sizes & offsets to elements as bitsize - quantities. This causes problems because a structure can only be - (target memsize / 8) bytes long (this may effect arrays too). This - is particularly problematical on machines with small address spaces. - - So: - - All trees that represent sizes in bits should have a TREE_TYPE of - bitsizetype (rather than sizetype). - - Accordingly, when such values are computed / initialized, care has to - be takes to use / compute the proper type. - - When a size in bits is converted into a size in bytes, which is expressed - in trees, care should be taken to change the tree's type again to sizetype. - - We've updated C, C++, Fortran & Objective-C to work with the new - scheme. Other languages will need to be updated accordingly. - Contact amylaar@cygnus.com for additional information. - -?? 1997: - - In an effort to decrease cache thrashing and useless loads we've changed the - third argument to the DEFTREECODE macro to be a single char. This will - effect languages that defined their own tree codes (usually in a .def file). - - Old way: - - DEFTREECODE (CLASS_METHOD_DECL, "class_method_decl", "d", 0) - - New way: - - DEFTREECODE (CLASS_METHOD_DECL, "class_method_decl", 'd', 0) |