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Re: Gcc-backend files,

From: Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs dot mu dot OZ dot AU>
To: "Avinash K. Shrivastava" <avi at cse dot iitb dot ac dot in>
Cc: gcc at gnu dot org
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 19:12:35 +1000
Subject: Re: Gcc-backend files,
References: <Pine.HPX.4.21.0210241210340.9816-100000@everest.cse.iitb.ac.in>

On 24-Oct-2002, Avinash K. Shrivastava <avi@cse.iitb.ac.in> wrote:
> 
> [1] Do the files 
>      main.o
>      libbackend.a
>     constitute "specifically", the gcc backend [latest version]

No.  There's also the header files, e.g. tree.h, toplev.h, etc.,
which contain functionality in the form of macros which are
part of the backend, but not included in libbackend.a.

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References:
- Gcc-backend files,
  - From: Avinash K. Shrivastava

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