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| author | Thomas Miedema <thomasmiedema@gmail.com> | 2014-11-18 22:18:43 -0600 |
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| committer | Austin Seipp <austin@well-typed.com> | 2014-11-19 17:03:05 -0600 |
| commit | 66c05136b7940930b22cb2830f1249f97986f15b (patch) | |
| tree | e16344d9f2e671737a29d20998f16aa447ac328f | |
| parent | 6fc78fdfa1482a31ed7b586f20c9d7cb592ea944 (diff) | |
| download | haskell-66c05136b7940930b22cb2830f1249f97986f15b.tar.gz | |
Update documentation for "Batch compiler mode"
Summary:
Since commit 7828bf3ea2ea34e7a3a8662f5f621ef706ffee5c
* --make is the default
* -c is a mode flag, except when used in combination with --make
Also:
* -C (generate C code) is only available in unregisterised mode.
Reviewers: austin
Reviewed By: austin
Subscribers: thomie, carter
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D427
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/users_guide/flags.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/users_guide/using.xml | 23 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/flags.xml b/docs/users_guide/flags.xml index 33af295f1b..e8218f7de1 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/flags.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/flags.xml @@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ </row> <row> <entry><option>-c</option></entry> - <entry>Do not link</entry> - <entry>dynamic</entry> + <entry>Stop after generating object (<literal>.o</literal>) file</entry> + <entry>mode</entry> <entry>-</entry> </row> <row> diff --git a/docs/users_guide/using.xml b/docs/users_guide/using.xml index 07d487ed58..bf4f1c5d1d 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/using.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/using.xml @@ -246,6 +246,13 @@ module X where </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><filename>.hspp</filename></term> + <listitem> + <para>A file created by the preprocessor.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term><filename>.hi</filename></term> <listitem> <para>A Haskell interface file, probably @@ -383,7 +390,7 @@ module X where <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>ghc -E</command> - <command>ghc -c</command> + <command>ghc -C</command> <command>ghc -S</command> <command>ghc -c</command> </cmdsynopsis> @@ -395,10 +402,7 @@ module X where <listitem> <para>This is the traditional batch-compiler mode, in which GHC can compile source files one at a time, or link objects - together into an executable. This mode also applies if - there is no other mode flag specified on the command line, - in which case it means that the specified files should be - compiled and then linked to form a program. See <xref + together into an executable. See <xref linkend="options-order"/>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -617,6 +621,11 @@ ghc Main.hs given on the command line and GHC will include them when linking the executable.</para> + <para>For backward compatibility with existing make scripts, when + used in combination with <option>-c</option>, the linking phase + is omitted (same as <option>--make</option> + <option>-no-link</option>).</para> + <para>Note that GHC can only follow dependencies if it has the source file available, so if your program includes a module for which there is no source file, even if you have an object and an @@ -765,6 +774,10 @@ ghc -c Foo.hs option</primary></indexterm> runs just the pre-processing passes of the compiler, dumping the result in a file.</para> + <para>Note: The option <option>-C</option> is only available when + GHC is built in unregisterised mode. See <xref linkend="unreg"/> + for more details.</para> + <sect3 id="overriding-suffixes"> <title>Overriding the default behaviour for a file</title> |