Using and Porting GNU Pascal

• GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
  • Preamble
  • TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
  • How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
• Contributors to GNU Pascal
• Funding Free Software
• Protect Your Freedom--Fight "Look And Feel"
• The GNU Manifesto
  • What's GNU? Gnu's Not Unix!
  • Why I Must Write GNU
  • Why GNU Will Be Compatible with Unix
  • How GNU Will Be Available
  • Why Many Other Programmers Want to Help
  • How You Can Contribute
  • Why All Computer Users Will Benefit
  • Some Easily Rebutted Objections to GNU's Goals
• The Purpose of GNU Pascal
• Installing GNU Pascal
  • Configuration dependent compilation notes
    • Alpha OSF/1
    • MS-DOS with DJGPP
    • MS-DOS or OS/2 with EMX
    • Windows NT and Windows 95 with cygwin32
  • Building and Installing a crosscompiler
    • Steps of Cross-Compilation
    • Configuring GNU CC as a crosscompiler
    • Building the Pascal crosscompiler
    • Crossbuilding a compiler.
  • Installation instructions for a GPC binary distribution
• GNU Pascal Command Options
  • Option Summary
  • Options Controlling the Kind of Output
  • Options Controlling Pascal Dialect
  • Options for Code Generation Conventions
  • Options to Request or Suppress Warnings
  • Options for Debugging Your Program or GNU Pascal
  • Options That Control Optimization
  • Options Controlling the Preprocessor
  • Passing Options to the Assembler
  • Options for Linking
  • Options for Directory Search
  • Specifying Target Machine and Compiler Version
  • Hardware Models and Configurations
    • M680x0 Options
    • VAX Options
    • SPARC Options
    • Convex Options
    • AMD29K Options
    • ARM Options
    • M88K Options
    • IBM RS/6000 and PowerPC Options
    • IBM RT Options
    • MIPS Options
    • Intel 386 Options
    • HPPA Options
    • Intel 960 Options
    • DEC Alpha Options
    • Clipper Options
    • H8/300 Options
    • Options for System V
  • Environment Variables Affecting GNU Pascal
• Keywords and operators supported by GNU Pascal
  • Keywords
  • Operators
• Redefineable built-in identifiers
• GNU Pascal extensions
  • Extensions to ISO-7185 Pascal language
    • Extended Pascal features still missing from GPC
    • I/O to text files:
    • Variable length strings in GPC:
    • String routine (mostly in library):
    • No name space pollution with extensions:
    • Compile time switches:
    • Implemented directives:
    • Set operations:
    • Initial values to type denoters:
    • Date and time routines:
    • Complex type and operations:
    • Direct access files:
    • Restricted types:
    • Extended Pascal modules:
    • Somewhat simpler GPC modules are also supported:
    • Module initialization and finalization:
    • Binding of objects to external names:
    • Function pointers:
    • String catenation:
    • Type qualifiers:
    • Accessing command line arguments:
  • Borland Extensions in GNU Pascal
• About Pascal and Extended Pascal languages
  • A comparison of Borland Turbo Pascal with Extended Pascal
• From Borland Pascal to GNU Pascal
  • Borland compatibility
  • There is no IDE!
  • Comments and compiler directives
  • Units, GPI files and AutoMake
  • Optimization
  • Debugging
  • GPC inline assembler
  • Objects
  • Strings
  • Typed constants
  • Bit, byte and memory manipulation
  • User-defined operators
  • Data types
  • Files
  • Built-in constants
  • Built-in operators
  • Built-in Procedures and Functions
  • Parameters
  • Miscellaneous
• Known bugs and inconveniences; how to report bugs
  • General bugs
  • Standard Pascal
  • Extended Pascal
  • Borland Pascal
  • GNU Extensions
  • Inconveniences
  • Notes for debugging
• How you can contribute to GNU Pascal
  • List of jobs
  • List of done jobs :-)
  • List of contributors (in alphabetical order)
• FPK Pascal and GNU Pascal--a comparision
• GPC--Gnu Pascal Random Notes
• A list of failed Pascal Validation Suite Conformance tests by
• Information of the SET_TYPE implementation in GPC.
• GPI files -- GNU Pascal Interfaces
  • The GPI mechanism
• GNU Pascal's AutoMake facility
  • The AutoMake mechanism--how it works
• Known Causes of Trouble with GNU CC
  • Actual Bugs We Haven't Fixed Yet
  • Installation Problems
  • Cross-Compiler Problems
  • Interoperation
  • Problems Compiling Certain Programs
  • Incompatibilities of GNU CC
  • Fixed Header Files
  • Standard Libraries
  • Disappointments and Misunderstandings
  • Common Misunderstandings with GNU C++
    • Declare and Define Static Members
    • Temporaries May Vanish Before You Expect
  • Caveats of using protoize
  • Certain Changes We Don't Want to Make
  • Warning Messages and Error Messages
• Reporting Bugs
  • Have You Found a Bug?
  • Where to Report Bugs
  • How to Report Bugs
  • Sending Patches for GNU CC
• How To Get Help with GNU CC
• Using GNU CC on VMS
  • Include Files and VMS
  • Global Declarations and VMS
  • Other VMS Issues
• GNU CC and Portability
• Interfacing to GNU CC Output
• Passes and Files of the Compiler
• The Configuration File
• Makefile Fragments
  • The Target Makefile Fragment
  • The Host Makefile Fragment
• Machine Descriptions
  • Everything about Instruction Patterns
  • Example of define_insn
  • RTL Template
  • Output Templates and Operand Substitution
  • C Statements for Assembler Output
  • Operand Constraints
    • Simple Constraints
    • Multiple Alternative Constraints
    • Register Class Preferences
    • Constraint Modifier Characters
    • Constraints for Particular Machines
    • Not Using Constraints
  • Standard Pattern Names For Generation
  • When the Order of Patterns Matters
  • Interdependence of Patterns
  • Defining Jump Instruction Patterns
  • Canonicalization of Instructions
  • Machine-Specific Peephole Optimizers
  • Defining RTL Sequences for Code Generation
  • Defining How to Split Instructions
  • Instruction Attributes
    • Defining Attributes and their Values
    • Attribute Expressions
    • Assigning Attribute Values to Insns
    • Example of Attribute Specifications
    • Computing the Length of an Insn
    • Constant Attributes
    • Delay Slot Scheduling
    • Specifying Function Units
• Target Description Macros
  • Controlling the Compilation Driver, `gcc'
  • Run-time Target Specification
  • Storage Layout
  • Layout of Source Language Data Types
  • Register Usage
    • Basic Characteristics of Registers
    • Order of Allocation of Registers
    • How Values Fit in Registers
    • Handling Leaf Functions
    • Registers That Form a Stack
    • Obsolete Macros for Controlling Register Usage
  • Register Classes
  • Stack Layout and Calling Conventions
    • Basic Stack Layout
    • Registers That Address the Stack Frame
    • Eliminating Frame Pointer and Arg Pointer
    • Passing Function Arguments on the Stack
    • Passing Arguments in Registers
    • How Scalar Function Values Are Returned
    • How Large Values Are Returned
    • Caller-Saves Register Allocation
    • Function Entry and Exit
    • Generating Code for Profiling
  • Implementing the Varargs Macros
  • Trampolines for Nested Functions
  • Implicit Calls to Library Routines
  • Addressing Modes
  • Condition Code Status
  • Describing Relative Costs of Operations
  • Dividing the Output into Sections (Texts, Data, ...)
  • Position Independent Code
  • Defining the Output Assembler Language
    • The Overall Framework of an Assembler File
    • Output of Data
    • Output of Uninitialized Variables
    • Output and Generation of Labels
    • How Initialization Functions Are Handled
    • Macros Controlling Initialization Routines
    • Output of Assembler Instructions
    • Output of Dispatch Tables
    • Assembler Commands for Alignment
  • Controlling Debugging Information Format
    • Macros Affecting All Debugging Formats
    • Specific Options for DBX Output
    • Open-Ended Hooks for DBX Format
    • File Names in DBX Format
    • Macros for SDB and DWARF Output
  • Cross Compilation and Floating Point
  • Miscellaneous Parameters
• RTL Representation
  • RTL Object Types
  • Access to Operands
  • Flags in an RTL Expression
  • Machine Modes
  • Constant Expression Types
  • Registers and Memory
  • RTL Expressions for Arithmetic
  • Comparison Operations
  • Bit Fields
  • Conversions
  • Declarations
  • Side Effect Expressions
  • Embedded Side-Effects on Addresses
  • Assembler Instructions as Expressions
  • Insns
  • RTL Representation of Function-Call Insns
  • Structure Sharing Assumptions
  • Reading RTL
• Index

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