Gpc April 1999

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pascal to C++
by Peter Coates 22 Apr '99

22 Apr '99

I am looking at using the front end of the GPC as a starting point for a Pascal to C++ converter. I am aware that there are pascal to C converters in existance, but the code they produce is in general code that only a C compiler can understand. My intension is to produce maintainable code, and I am helped by the fact that the starting point is a particular body of code over which I have some control and can be hacked before and after if necessary. What I would like (besides advice and guidance) is a good description of the intermediate data structure generated by the front end of the GPC (and GCC) compilers. A few months ago (when I was first considering this) I found a wonderful web site (in Sweden, I think) that described this beatifully. Since then, however, this computer has been upgraded, rebuilt, and generally hacked around and I have lost the link. Help? Peter. ----- "Time is an illusion. Launch times doubly so"

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patches for egcs 1.1.2
by Maurice Lombardi 22 Apr '99

22 Apr '99

Hi all I have tried to install gpc on a Linux system for egcs 1.1.2. It failed beause of missing patches for egcs 2.91.66. Do you have them? I have been surprised because Delorie announced a beta version of egcs 1.1.2 for djgpp which includes sources and binaries for gpc. In his distribution there is no patch for 2.91.66 (only those in your current distribution gpc-19990118.tar.gz). I have not yet tried to install the djgpp binaries. Thanks in advance. -- Maurice Lombardi Laboratoire de Spectrometrie Physique, Universite Joseph Fourier de Grenoble, BP87 38402 Saint Martin d'Heres Cedex FRANCE Tel: 33 (0)4 76 51 47 51 Fax: 33 (0)4 76 51 45 44 mailto:Maurice.Lombardi@ujf-grenoble.fr

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Re: pascal to C++
by richard.kerry＠quantel.com 21 Apr '99

21 Apr '99

Whoops, meant to send this to the list. >I am looking at using the front end of the GPC as a starting point for a >Pascal to C++ converter. I am aware that there are pascal to C converters >in existance, but the code they produce is in general code that only a C >compiler can understand. There's quite a good Pascal to C converter, called p2c, at http://www.synaptics.com/people/daveg/ This does quite a good job of producing readable C, and has a switch to make it C++ compatible. Yours helpfully, Richard.

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Testing: You should get this mail _twice_
by Peter Gerwinski 21 Apr '99

21 Apr '99

Hi, all, this is a test whether `gpc(a)hut.fi' and `gpc(a)gnu.de' are identical. If you do not get this mail _twice_, please let me know. Peter -- Peter Gerwinski, Essen, Germany, http://home.pages.de/~Peter.Gerwinski/ Maintainer GNU Pascal - http://home.pages.de/~GNU-Pascal/ - gpc-19990118 PGP key on request - 6C 94 45 BE 28 A4 96 - 0E CC E9 12 47 25 82 75 *** Vote against SPAM! ********* http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ ***

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Re: internal error: duplicate constructor
by Frank Heckenbach 19 Apr '99

19 Apr '99

Brian Desmond wrote: > I have been trying to use gpc on a DEC Alpha Personal Workstation 600au. > gcc 2.8.1 was previously installed, and is not being rebuilt with the > pascal binary. From my reading of the docs, this *SHOULD* be OK. The C compiler does not have to be rebuilt. However, the GCC sources are patched while making GPC, and parts of them are recompiled. I suppose you did so, otherwise you wouldn't have got so far. > gpc builds and installs OK, compilation of the demos appears fine, but I > get the following message when running the built programs: > > bash> gpc --automake -Wall demoproc.pas -o demoproc > bash> ./demoproc > internal error: duplicate constructor > bash> That's interesting. I got this message when playing with a dynamically linked RTS (run time system). Apparently, the way linking works on your platform makes it occur with static linking as well. (BTW, the fact that noone else has noticed this problem doesn't mean it doesn't exist for others. The units, which cause the problem, are relatively new, and it might be that noone has tried to use them or to compile the demo programs on the Alpha before.) Anyway, this error is nothing serious. It was meant as a sanity check for something else long time ago, so in fact it's safe now to remove this error message. A patch (which will also be in the next release) is appended below. > I have tried installing the prebuilt binary, but it seems to require > that gcc is installed into the same tree, which it isn't on our system, > and so attempts to compile fail. Yes, the automake expects this. We've thought about this problem, so probably some future versions will accept any GCC installed somewhere. For now, if you really need it, you can try symlinking cc1 and cpp from the installed GCC to the GPC directory (<prefix>/lib/gcc-lib/<platform>/<version>). Of course, that's a bit of a kludge... Frank *** misc.c.orig Mon Apr 19 21:13:52 1999 --- misc.c Fri Mar 26 04:37:18 1999 *************** *** 71,78 **** --- 71,86 ---- { if (fun == scan->fun) { + /* dynamic RTS linking currently can produce a duplicate + constructor of gpc.pas -- it doesn't hurt much since the + constructor does nothing, and the object file it's in is + empty otherwise (19990307) */ + #if 1 + return; + #else fputs ("internal error: duplicate constructor\n", stderr); _exit (-1); + #endif } if (scan->run_id > run_id || !scan->next) -- Frank Heckenbach, frank(a)fjf.gnu.de, http://fjf.gnu.de/ GPC To-Do list, latest features, fixed bugs: http://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/~gnu-pascal/todo.html

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Re: Result: STRAWPOLL: GPC newsgroup
by Nick Burrett 19 Apr '99

19 Apr '99

Peter Gerwinski <peter(a)gerwinski.de> writes: > Here are the results from the STRAWPOLL. > > There were 15 votes, all valid, all saying "YES": > So there is interest in a newsgroup `comp.lang.pascal.gnu', but > there are not enough votes to succeed in a Usenet CfV. Perhaps you need to do the strawpoll again but announce it to the comp.lang.pascal group as well. It would reach a wider audience then. Nick.

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CfV: Move the GPC list? Create an announcement list?
by Peter Gerwinski 19 Apr '99

19 Apr '99

Hello, while the STRAWPOLL about the creation of a newsgroup is still going on, there are yet two other subjects to vote about which we have discussed recently: * Shall we move the GPC mailing list to another place, gpc(a)gnu.de, where it can be maintained automatically? (The fact that gpc(a)hut.fi is maintained manually has caused long delays of subscriptions in the past.) * Shall we create a separate, moderated GPC mailing list gpc-announce(a)gnu.de for announcements? (I can act as the moderator if noone rejects this. Since I am sending most of the announcements anyway, this would be quite natural.:-) Again I ripped off a Usenet CfV ballot. Please fill out the form below and reply it to peter-votes(a)gerwinski.de (Reply-To header is set). Do not send votes to the GPC mailing list; only discussion should go here. Also please do not confuse the ongoing STRAWPOLL and this CfV. ;-) Greetings, Peter -- Peter Gerwinski, Essen, Germany, http://home.pages.de/~Peter.Gerwinski/ Maintainer GNU Pascal - http://home.pages.de/~GNU-Pascal/ - gpc-19990118 PGP key on request - 6C 94 45 BE 28 A4 96 - 0E CC E9 12 47 25 82 75 *** Vote against SPAM! ********* http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ *** 8< ------------------------------------------------------------- Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 18 Apr 1999. The CfV RESULT post will be mailed to the GPC mailing list. IMPORTANT VOTING PROCEDURE NOTES: READ THIS BEFORE VOTING Only one vote is allowed per person or per account. Duplicate votes will be resolved in favor of the most recent valid vote. Addresses and votes of all voters will be listed in the final voting results post. Votes must be mailed directly from the voter to the votetaker. Anonymous, forwarded, or proxy votes are not valid. Votes mailed by WWW/HTML/CGI forms are considered to be anonymous votes. HOW TO VOTE: Extract the ballot from the CfV by deleting everything before the "BEGINNING OF BALLOT" and after the "END OF BALLOT" lines. Don't worry about the spacing of the columns or any quote characters (">") that your reply inserts. Please do not send the entire CfV back to me. Fill in the ballot as shown below. Please provide a valid name and indicate your desired vote in the appropriate locations inside the ballot. When finished, MAIL the ballot to: <peter-votes(a)gerwinski.de> Just "replying" to this message should work, but check the "To:" line. Examples of how to properly indicate your vote (do not vote here): [ YES ] example.yes.vote [ NO ] example.no.vote [ ABSTAIN ] example.abstention [ CANCEL ] example.cancellation ======== BEGINNING OF BALLOT: Delete everything before this line ======= .----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Do not edit anything in this ballot, except to add your name and vote. | | CfV: gpc(a)gnu.de, gpc-announce(a)gnu.de | |----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Please provide a valid name, or your vote may be rejected. Place | ONLY your name (i.e., do not include your e-mail address or any other | information) after the colon on the line below. Voter name: | Insert YES, NO, ABSTAIN, or CANCEL inside the brackets for each | newsgroup listed below (do not delete the newsgroup name): Your Vote Mailing list --------- ----------------------------------------------------------- [ ] gpc(a)gnu.de (unmoderated, replacing gpc(a)hut.fi) [ ] gpc-announce(a)gnu.de (moderated) ======== END OF BALLOT: Delete everything after this line ============== Voting address: peter-votes(a)gerwinski.de

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STRAWPOLL: GPC newsgroup
by Peter Gerwinski 19 Apr '99

19 Apr '99

Hello, folks! This is an informal strawpoll to get an overview about whether it makes sense to try to create an unmoderated Usenet newsgroup devoted to GPC, `comp.lang.pascal.gnu'. In order to create such a newsgroup we need at least 100 "YES" votes in the CfV. I ripped a ballot off a Usenet CfV, modified and shortened it (so do not wonder about the formal wording:-). Please fill out the form below and reply it to peter-strawpoll(a)gerwinski.de (Reply-To header is set). Do not send votes to the GPC mailing list; only discussion should go here. I think that we have already agreed that "the" GPC mailing list shall *not* be gated to the newsgroup or vice versa; maybe we can create a separate list for that purpose, but let us first create the newsgroup. ;-) Peter -- Peter Gerwinski, Essen, Germany, http://home.pages.de/~Peter.Gerwinski/ Maintainer GNU Pascal - http://home.pages.de/~GNU-Pascal/ - gpc-19990118 PGP key on request - 6C 94 45 BE 28 A4 96 - 0E CC E9 12 47 25 82 75 *** Vote against SPAM! ********* http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ *** 8< ------------------------------------------------------------- Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 18 Apr 1999. The STRAWPOLL RESULT post will be mailed to the GPC mailing list. IMPORTANT VOTING PROCEDURE NOTES: READ THIS BEFORE VOTING Only one vote is allowed per person or per account. Duplicate votes will be resolved in favor of the most recent valid vote. Addresses and votes of all voters will be listed in the final voting results post. Votes must be mailed directly from the voter to the votetaker. Anonymous, forwarded, or proxy votes are not valid. Votes mailed by WWW/HTML/CGI forms are considered to be anonymous votes. The purpose of a Usenet vote is to determine the genuine interest of persons who would read a proposed newsgroup. Soliciting votes from uninterested parties defeats this purpose. Please do not distribute this STRAWPOLL. HOW TO VOTE: Extract the ballot from the STRAWPOLL by deleting everything before the "BEGINNING OF BALLOT" and after the "END OF BALLOT" lines. Don't worry about the spacing of the columns or any quote characters (">") that your reply inserts. Please do not send the entire STRAWPOLL back to me. Fill in the ballot as shown below. Please provide a valid name and indicate your desired vote in the appropriate locations inside the ballot. When finished, MAIL the ballot to: <peter-strawpoll(a)gerwinski.de> Just "replying" to this message should work, but check the "To:" line. Examples of how to properly indicate your vote (do not vote here): [ YES ] example.yes.vote [ NO ] example.no.vote [ ABSTAIN ] example.abstention [ CANCEL ] example.cancellation ======== BEGINNING OF BALLOT: Delete everything before this line ======= .----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Do not edit anything in this ballot, except to add your name and vote. | | STRAWPOLL: comp.lang.pascal.gnu | This is an inofficial voting ballot. (Do not take too serious!;-) |----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Please provide a valid name, or your vote may be rejected. Place | ONLY your name (i.e., do not include your e-mail address or any other | information) after the colon on the line below. Voter name: | Insert YES, NO, ABSTAIN, or CANCEL inside the brackets for each | newsgroup listed below (do not delete the newsgroup name): Your Vote Newsgroup --------- ----------------------------------------------------------- [ ] comp.lang.pascal.gnu ======== END OF BALLOT: Delete everything after this line ============== Voting address: peter-strawpoll(a)gerwinski.de

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internal error: duplicate constructor
by Brian Desmond 19 Apr '99

19 Apr '99

Hi All, I have been trying to use gpc on a DEC Alpha Personal Workstation 600au. gcc 2.8.1 was previously installed, and is not being rebuilt with the pascal binary. From my reading of the docs, this *SHOULD* be OK. Version is: bash> gpc -v Reading specs from /usr/local/gcc/lib/gcc-lib/alphaev56-dec-osf4.0d/2.8.1/specs gpc version 19990118, based on gcc-2.8.1 gpc builds and installs OK, compilation of the demos appears fine, but I get the following message when running the built programs: bash> gpc --automake -Wall demoproc.pas -o demoproc bash> ./demoproc internal error: duplicate constructor bash> I have tried installing the prebuilt binary, but it seems to require that gcc is installed into the same tree, which it isn't on our system, and so attempts to compile fail. Any ideas? I have not been able to find anything referring to this problem, and I have no doubt that it is working for others on this platform - particularly since there is a binary released for it. with thanks in advance, Brian -- Brian Desmond Department of Psychology University of Melbourne Parkville, Victoria 3052 Australia Email: brian(a)psych.unimelb.edu.au Phone: +61 3 9344 8156 Fax: +61 3 9347 6618

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Does gpc-cpp forget about include paths?
by Peter Gerwinski 18 Apr '99

18 Apr '99

Hi, fellow GPC developers! This time I have a problem with GPC I hope to get help for. ;-) My version of `gpc-cpp' seems to forget include paths (option `-I') after one use. When compiling a program that includes several files from another directory I have to specify that same directory several times with `-I'. Since I cannot remember having seen this in the past nor to have touched this part of the preprocessor I am asking whether (a) anybody else has observed this behaviour, and/or (b) someone has hacked `gpc-cpp' in a way that might have caused this problem. Greetings, Peter PS: The STRAWPOLL and the CfV close today at 23:59:59 UTC. -- Peter Gerwinski, Essen, Germany, http://home.pages.de/~Peter.Gerwinski/ Maintainer GNU Pascal - http://home.pages.de/~GNU-Pascal/ - gpc-19990118 PGP key on request - 6C 94 45 BE 28 A4 96 - 0E CC E9 12 47 25 82 75 *** Vote against SPAM! ********* http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ ***

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