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authorjsm28 <jsm28@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4>2001-06-21 00:03:48 +0000
committerjsm28 <jsm28@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4>2001-06-21 00:03:48 +0000
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* doc/c-tree.texi, doc/contrib.texi, doc/extend.texi,
doc/gcc.texi, doc/install-old.texi, doc/install.texi, doc/invoke.texi, doc/rtl.texi: Consistently use "front end" and "back end" as nouns and "front-end" and "back-end" as adjectives. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk@43479 138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4
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diff --git a/gcc/doc/gcc.texi b/gcc/doc/gcc.texi
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+++ b/gcc/doc/gcc.texi
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@
@c anything else? --mew 10feb93
@c For consistency, use the following:
+@c - "back end" as a noun, "back-end" as an adjective.
@c - "bit-field" not "bitfield" or "bit field" (following the C and C++
@c standards).
@c - "built-in" as an adjective ("built-in function"), or sometimes
@c "built in", not "builtin" (which isn't a word).
-@c - "front end" as a noun, "front-end" as an adjective (not yet
-@c consistently followed).
+@c - "front end" as a noun, "front-end" as an adjective.
@macro gcctabopt{body}
@code{\body\}
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ bugs. It corresponds to GCC version 3.1.
* Portability:: Goals of GCC's portability features.
* Interface:: Function-call interface of GCC output.
* Passes:: Order of passes, what they do, and what each file is for.
-* Trees:: The source representation used by the C and C++ front-ends.
+* Trees:: The source representation used by the C and C++ front ends.
* RTL:: The intermediate representation that most passes work on.
* Machine Desc:: How to write machine description instruction patterns.
* Target Macros:: How to write the machine description C macros.
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ compiler. For example, we refer to the optimization options as
affecting the behavior of ``GCC'' or sometimes just ``the compiler''.
Front ends for other languages, such as Ada 95 and Pascal exist but
-have not yet been integrated into GCC. These front-ends, like that for C++,
+have not yet been integrated into GCC. These front ends, like that for C++,
are built in subdirectories of GCC and link to it. The result is an
integrated compiler that can compile programs written in C, C++,
Objective C, or any of the languages for which you have installed front