Dr A Olowofoyeku wrote:

On 10 Mar 00, at 10:22, Mark Taylor wrote:

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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.

Yes (though the same manual is also available in html, dvi and PostScript formats)...

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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.

Thanks. ;-) Currently, it's often ahead of the actual releases (so check the dates on the new features and fixed bugs), but this will change with a CVS server...

Then the source code (especially the sources in the 'units' directory).

For the supplied units, this is recommended. For the RTS (i.e., libgpc), all public declarations can be found in gpc.pas -- except those routines that are called with compiler magic (mostly the predefined routines in the various language dialects).

Frank

PS (to all of you): No need to CC me personally.