From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm1-x335.google.com (mail-wm1-x335.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::335]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F35633858D1E for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2023 11:05:56 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org F35633858D1E Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com Received: by mail-wm1-x335.google.com with SMTP id bg26so8391115wmb.0 for ; Mon, 06 Feb 2023 03:05:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:user-agent:message-id :in-reply-to:date:references:subject:cc:to:from:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=WIRgTJnc8/Z0glLEQprnIABs6ukGoNP7hr84hInSXEE=; b=o8aw/U9OH85dBPvFneNTeC0Y+E5+SHqnmPA1M20BX7a5FvEMHc35etWU0jvyskWard zdTavmmG0pZLTpRtykTnbodZvG+lVWbkWHHOJsmU66pHWjiOSmg/TXNrUs1Bhu90DUgr XPtVhk/k5zd6ONYL8I1NSKTPEiyTQpC9pIHPsHDNzQGe9ceHSpw2ayUF/JWvEwYZVzSw iGa9HzswCU4CM+EFbHUxzq5VpWvNxdpAQPM1ojbgz9yWdjpYl2qwmU+V59mg7752GcYi oPbThSmPt1GIhjreL2DG7yUprzeHhEkDzSjm4JinnCqLIG0rcncbi7KoaU3yLvrSARau 6a9w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:user-agent:message-id :in-reply-to:date:references:subject:cc:to:from:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=WIRgTJnc8/Z0glLEQprnIABs6ukGoNP7hr84hInSXEE=; b=tTNkRNeZqJXW8CPea65fnt3TE9Ge6/fE663LU7TcYi8UCnlcn8gQH9g8mOAUaQg3c0 mreE90GxSi1ZtywJW9YdaXTV/J9K0pPAUpPYlLhIhQEGlXbM5hJozNxgzfGLl54EgqSE MQVN4Bhblwfeny6dbMa7bHcUwPm5mUrXsyxQUboe4DUpb4vIvYJbMDWu37ll7I8gbtbf cpVOT0JZDNVy9H2PMHyPVm8mKmCUTQfuhyYNmZ75+WJljWpNeadsaiHK5JYmPxsFTIh7 CSU1GvBBjRwKJ+aOIE8XzxPprhjV6JReCSYFAyFZRt/lQqBjg8Hrd4Meq8osAb4kohL7 p1Bw== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKUbNVEjmQmLR3hTinC9k7KkW0YSXKDhTlg1v16ldV/AzeWSJpUv m7My1KXlOTAqXxgLM+JwZis= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set/xmS3S5HY+gPhaE2x301Oz0cSyI3FWiF4nrEkAXeaO6Ojm32GzvjiYMzl4QW1gtTGpv6xmBw== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:3d90:b0:3df:eedf:df32 with SMTP id bi16-20020a05600c3d9000b003dfeedfdf32mr10293978wmb.17.1675681555560; Mon, 06 Feb 2023 03:05:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from lancelot ([91.84.107.190]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o35-20020a05600c512300b003cffd3c3d6csm11499505wms.12.2023.02.06.03.05.54 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 06 Feb 2023 03:05:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from gaius by lancelot with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1pOzJp-006qC3-6r; Mon, 06 Feb 2023 11:05:53 +0000 From: Gaius Mulley To: Gerald Pfeifer Cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, Richard Guenther , Jakub Jelinek Subject: Re: [wwwdocs] document modula-2 in gcc-13/changes.html (and index.html) References: <87lelels1w.fsf@debian> <8bb9f1fc-95e8-ebe4-3d87-b3ec28c99add@pfeifer.com> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 11:05:53 +0000 In-Reply-To: <8bb9f1fc-95e8-ebe4-3d87-b3ec28c99add@pfeifer.com> (Gerald Pfeifer's message of "Fri, 3 Feb 2023 20:18:57 +0100 (CET)") Message-ID: <87bkm7xdda.fsf@debian> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,GIT_PATCH_0,KAM_SHORT,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: Gerald Pfeifer writes: > On Fri, 3 Feb 2023, Gaius Mulley wrote: >> The following patch provides a summary of the modula-2 front end >> and also contains links to the online modula-2 documentation in >> index.html. > >> +

Modula-2

>> +
    >> +
  • Support for the language Modula-2 has been added. The dialects >> + supported are PIM2, PIM3, PIM4 and ISO/IEC 10514-1. Also included >> + are a complete set of ISO/IEC 10514-1 libraries and PIM >> + libraries.
    • > > I wonder whether we can this a bit more active.=20 > > Maybe something like "This includes support for the ... dialects, a=20 > complete set of ...and ..."? > >> +
  • >> + Compiler options.
    • > > Maybe put this in parenthesis since it's not an update as such and more=20 > relatives to the previous item? > >> +
  • Linking has been redesigned.
    • > > What are we saying here? I.e., what is the change we are announcing? As a= =20 > user, what might I notice? Why do I care? > Thanks for spotting this - agreed. > The above are questions to possibly improve this for our users. Please=20 > adjust as you see fit, or push as is, if you prefer. > > > On a somewhat related note: This is definitely big enough to warrant an=20 > entry in the News section on our main page. :-) Do you want to propose > something? > > Gerald Ah yes thank you for the advice - here is an improved proposed patch containing: * htdocs/frontends.html: An update to say the front end is now in the development trunk. * htdocs/gcc-13/changes.html: A description of which dialects are supported and the user level front end changes so far. * htdocs/index.html: Proposed news entry. * htdocs/onlinedocs/index.html: PDF, PS and HTML documentation links. regards, Gaius diff --git a/htdocs/frontends.html b/htdocs/frontends.html index 12af359b..75be4658 100644 --- a/htdocs/frontends.html +++ b/htdocs/frontends.html @@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ has a back end that generates assembler directly, using= the GCC back end. (at an early stage of development). =20
  • GNU Modula-2 implements -the PIM2, PIM3, PIM4 and ISO dialects of the language. The compiler -is fully operational with GCC 10 and GCC 11 (on -GNU/Linux x86 systems). Work is in progress to move the front end to -the GCC trunk. The front end is mostly written in Modula-2 and it +the ISO/IEC 10514-1, PIM2, PIM3 and PIM4 dialects of the language. +The compiler is operational with GCC 10, GCC 11 GCC 12 (on +GNU/Linux x86 systems). The front end is now in the GCC development +trunk (GCC 13). The front end is mostly written in Modula-2 and it includes a bootstrap tool which translates Modula-2 into C/C++.
    • =20
  • Modula-3 (for links see =20 =20 +

    Modula-2

    +     + =20 diff --git a/htdocs/index.html b/htdocs/index.html index 80730c06..3d03ef46 100644 --- a/htdocs/index.html +++ b/htdocs/index.html @@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ mission statement.

    has been contributed to Compiler Explorer (aka godbolt.org) by Marc Poulhi=C3=A8s =20 +
    Modula-2 front end added= + [2022-12-14]
    +
    The Modula-2 programming language front end has been added to GCC. + This front end was contributed by Gaius Mulley.
    +
    GNU Tools Caul= dron 2022 [2022-09-02]
    Prague, Czech Republic and online, September 16-18 2022
    diff --git a/htdocs/onlinedocs/index.html b/htdocs/onlinedocs/index.html index 343ff9f5..27a8a505 100644 --- a/htdocs/onlinedocs/index.html +++ b/htdocs/onlinedocs/index.html @@ -1647,6 +1647,12 @@ existing release.

    href=3D"https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gdc.ps.gz">PostScript or an HTML tarball)
    • +
  • GNU M2 Manual (= also in + PDF or PostScript= or an + HTML tarball)
  • GNU Offloading= and Multi Processing Runtime Library Manual (also in