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Re: move specs documentation to internals manual?
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- Cc: Geoffrey Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>, Geoffrey Keating <gkeating at apple dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 00:32:23 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: Re: move specs documentation to internals manual?
- References: <20050708054604.67D4A15D66FE@geoffk5.apple.com><m3vf3lvld8.fsf@gossamer.airs.com> <Pine.LNX.4.61.0507081217260.14395@digraph.polyomino.org.uk><m21x68khaq.fsf_-_@geoffk.org> <20050709002328.GA3301@nevyn.them.org>
On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > So, what do people think about (a) deleting the big comment in gcc.c
> > that tries to explain specs (leaving a pointer to the manual), and (b)
> > moving the specs documentation to the internals manual?
>
> I think it's a good idea - but someone should compare the two existing
> bits of documentation first, since IIRC I've seen people add to one but
> not the other.
Agreed. The documentation of -dumpspecs and -specs= should point to the
internals manual information on specs, but that should be the only
reference needed in the user manual.
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