[Ann] GCC MELT plugin 0.9.4.b for GCC 4.6 & 4.7

[Basile Starynkevitch <basile at starynkevitch dot net>]

Hello All,

(the just released 0.9.4 MELT plugin which I announced on march 2nd was buggy:
documentation was not generated. This 0.9.4.b release fixes that annoying bug. Please
don't use MELT 0.9.4 and download 0.9.4.b instead)

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NEWS for 0.9.4.b MELT plugin for GCC 4.6 (and 4.7 when available)
released on March 04th, 2012

   Language improvements
   =====================

Add CHEADER macro to insert header c-code. For example

   (cheader #{#include <readline/readline.h>}#)
or 
   (cheader #{inline int succ(int x) { return x+1;}}#)

[you still need dirty tricks to link an external library into a MELT
module; as a temporary workaround, consider editing melt-module.mk for
them, perhaps defining GCCMELT_MODULE_EXTRALIBES there, or link
manually the library into melt.so meta-plugin]

   Runtime 
   =======

Hash maps have an auxiliary data value, which can be accessed and set
at will. 

   Translator
   ==========

All C-generating devices (primitives, c-iterators, ...) emit their
code in a syntax checking C function, which is never called, but is
emitted to ensure the emittable C code is syntactically correct. This
catch typos in (defprimitive ...) etc... even for e.g. yet unused
primitives.

   Bugs 
   ====

Many bugs have been corrected.

[Notably, the 0.9.4 release of march 02nd 2012, -not this 0.9.4.b-
didn't generate documentation correctly]

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Sorry for such a late bug-fix! Comments and patches are welcome, either to
gcc@gcc.gnu.org or to gcc-melt@googlegroups.com


Regards.


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