documentation question

[Troy Johnson]

The site http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc_19.html#SEC190 suggested I
email this address with documentation questions.

I am looking for documentation on how to use the gcc front-end with a
custom back-end to create a language translator -  I wish to use gcc
to translate ANSI C to another language.  Ideally I want a list of files
in the gcc distribution that I can use for this so I can eliminate the
extra files for other front/back-ends and begin working with just a C
front-end.  In other words, I'm not sure where to split the front-end
off of gcc for a translator.  Since I would like to preserve
variable/function names in the translation it would seem I might need to
make the split earlier in the process than if I were just writing a
back-end, for example, to target an architecture not supported by gcc.

Any documentation of using gcc for such a translator would be very
helpful.  Thank you.

Troy A. Johnson
School of ECE, Purdue University