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Re: [wwwdocs] Update Fortran secrion in 4.8/changes.html


On Mon, 12 Nov 2012, Tobias Burnus wrote:
> Well, "flag" is GCC teminology (see "man gcc"), though it seems to be 
> only used for the -f* options while I (mis)used it here for -W*. I
> think it is better to use the more common term "command-line option".

Okay, so I went ahead and applied the patch below.

There is one sentence (preceding my patch) which I don't quite 
understand (specifically around the "to"):

  "...which diagnose when code to is inserted for automatic
  (re)allocation of a variable during assignment."

Gerald

Index: changes.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/gcc-4.8/changes.html,v
retrieving revision 1.56
diff -u -3 -p -r1.56 changes.html
--- changes.html	12 Nov 2012 15:19:33 -0000	1.56
+++ changes.html	19 Nov 2012 15:19:03 -0000
@@ -169,20 +169,20 @@ B b(42); // OK
   <ul>
     <li>The <code><a
     href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gfortran/Error-and-Warning-Options.html";>
-    -Wc-binding-type</a></code> warning flag has been added (by default
-    disabled), which warns if the a variable might not be C interoperable. In
+    -Wc-binding-type</a></code> warning option has been added (disabled
+    by default), which warns if the a variable might not be C interoperable. In
     particular, if the variable has been declared using an intrinsic type with
     default kind instead of using a kind parameter defined for C
     interoperability in the intrinsic <code>ISO_C_Binding</code> module. Before,
-    the warning was always printed. The <code>-Wc-binding-type</code> flag
+    the warning was always printed. The <code>-Wc-binding-type</code> option
     is enabled by <code>-Wall</code>.</li>
 
     <li>The <a
     href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gfortran/Error-and-Warning-Options.html";>
     <code>-Wrealloc-lhs</code></a> and <code>-Wrealloc-lhs-all</code> warning
-    flags have been added, which diagnose when code to is inserted for automatic
-    (re)allocation of a variable during assignment. The flag can be used to
-    decide whether it is safe to use <code><a
+    command-line options have been added, which diagnose when code to is
+    inserted for automatic (re)allocation of a variable during assignment.
+    This option can be used to decide whether it is safe to use <code><a
     href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gfortran/Code-Gen-Options.html";>
     -fno-realloc-lhs</a></code>. Additionally, it can be used to find automatic
     (re)allocation in hot loops. (For arrays, replacing <q><code>var=</code></q>
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ B b(42); // OK
 
     <li>The <a
     href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gfortran/Error-and-Warning-Options.html";>
-    <code>-Wcompare-reals</code></a> flag has been added. When this flag is set,
-    warnings are issued when comparing <code>REAL</code> or
+    <code>-Wcompare-reals</code></a> command-line option has been added. When
+    this is set, warnings are issued when comparing <code>REAL</code> or
     <code>COMPLEX</code> types for equality and inequality; consider replacing
     <code>a == b</code> by <code>abs(a&minus;b) &lt; eps</code> with a suitable
     <code>eps</code>. <code>-Wcompare-reals</code> is enabled by
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ B b(42); // OK
 
     <li>The <a
     href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gfortran/Error-and-Warning-Options.html";>
-    <code>-Wtarget-lifetime</code></a> flag has been added (enabled with
-    <code>-Wall</code>), which warns if the pointer in a pointer assignment
-    might outlive its target.</li>
+    <code>-Wtarget-lifetime</code></a> command-line option has been added
+    (enabled with <code>-Wall</code>), which warns if the pointer in a
+    pointer assignment might outlive its target.</li>
 
     <li><p>Reading floating point numbers which use <q><code>q</code></q> for
     the exponential (such as <code>4.0q0</code>) is now supported as vendor


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