On 10 Mar 00, at 10:22, Mark Taylor wrote:
Are there any other obscure "features" like this in GPC that I might need to know about?
Yes, the GPC documentation is lacking, that's perhaps the most urgent problem. However, the `Integer (40)' feature in particular is documented there under Reference/Integer.
Do you mean the info database? Or the source code?
I think he means the info database.
Can anyone recommend a list of documentation apart from the info database (I know about this), to help me having to pester people on this list with "novice" questions.
I am trying to get myself "up to speed" with GPC and am finding it a bit problematic (I am a novice with GPC but not a novice programmer).
Like Frank said, up-to-date documentation on GPC is currently a major issue. Until one is produced, it seems that you have to find any information you want from a variety of sources. This mailing list and its archives is a good place to look. I have also found the stuff in Frank's 'to do' pages (http://fjf.gnu.de/gpc-todo_toc.html) to be informative. Then the source code (especially the sources in the 'units' directory). Finally, and perhaps this is what you should do first: you can go to the directory containing 'gpc1.exe', and type 'gpc1 --help'. This should give you some interesting information on compiler/linker switches, etc.
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