Rafael Espíndola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 6/16/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hello~ every one :) > > > > I'm a new guy in gcc mailing list > > I've been studying gcc for 2 months. > > I read "GNU compiler collection internals" (for GCC 3.5.0?), > > and I also trace the source code for target-mips. > > My problem is there are so much symbol/function/API in gcc. > > Some are documentated in the book but not all of them. > > All I can do is modified it, rebuild and see what's happend. > > This approach is not effective. > > If there is a way to learn the gcc internal APIs "systematically"? > > I think that I can help since I am having the same problem :) > > The best references that I can give you is the GCC Frontend HOWTO at > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/GCC-Frontend-HOWTO.html. It is based on a > old gcc, but most of the tree structure still applies.
Don't forget the GENERIC and GIMPLE documentation at http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Tree-SSA.html#Tree-SSA > Two colleges and I are working on a minimal "hello world" front end > for gcc. You can find a alpha version at > http://ltc08.ic.unicamp.br/svn/scheme/branches/hello-world > > I also recommend that you take a look at treelang. It is quite simpler > than the others frontends in gcc. > > I hope this helps, > Rafael Ávila de Espíndola > -- Thanks, Jim http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~ja2morri/ http://phython.blogspot.com http://open.nit.ca/wiki/?page=jim
