output binary

[Dale Johannesen]

> Could someone direct me to the area of gcc source code that deals with 
> outputing the actual binary code.  For example, the source code that 
> outputs an "e8" for a "call" instruction.  Ive been trying to trace 
> through the code, but everything I keep finding leads to stuff that is 
> still outputing strings like "call".

gcc does not output binary.  It creates an assembly code output file 
(.s) which is then
run through an assembler to produce binary.