On Mon, 11 Nov 2013, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: > Working to address a user question, I noticed that many of our pages use > the spelling of "backend" when http://gcc.gnu.org/codingconventions.html > suggest "back end" (noun) and "back-end" (adjective). > > Joseph, if you confirm that back end it is (as a noun), I'll apply > the patch below.
I believe it's correct, but several of the cases where you have "back end" look like adjective uses that should be "back-end" to me: > -Richard Henderson has finished merging the ia32 backend rewrite into the > +Richard Henderson has finished merging the ia32 back end rewrite into the > - <li> Fix x86 backend problem with Fortran literals and -fpic.</li> > + <li> Fix x86 back end problem with Fortran literals and -fpic.</li> > - improved epilogue sequences for Pentium chips and backend > + improved epilogue sequences for Pentium chips and back end > - <li> Fix a m68k backend bug which caused invalid offsets in reg+d > + <li> Fix a m68k back end bug which caused invalid offsets in reg+d > - <li><a href="../news/sparc.html">SPARC backend rewrite</a>.</li> > + <li><a href="../news/sparc.html">SPARC back end rewrite</a>.</li> > - <li>Fix SPARC backend bug which caused aborts in final.c.</li> > + <li>Fix SPARC back end bug which caused aborts in final.c.</li> > - <li><a href="#RTL">Fully document the backend intermediate language > + <li><a href="#RTL">Fully document the back end intermediate language > -<h2><a name="RTL">Fully document the backend intermediate > +<h2><a name="RTL">Fully document the back end intermediate > language data structures</a></h2> -- Joseph S. Myers jos...@codesourcery.com
