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diff --git a/ghc/compiler/README b/ghc/compiler/README index 0830fb3d4e..ca619cdde0 100644 --- a/ghc/compiler/README +++ b/ghc/compiler/README @@ -9,37 +9,3 @@ includes some tests that we use to make sure we're not going backwards. The subdirs of the test directory "match" the subdirs of the main source directory; e.g., the desugarer is in subdir deSugar/, and the tests for the desugarer are in tests/deSugar/. - -The main information about how the compiler goes together is in -./Jmakefile. The list of modules under "FRONTSRCS_LHS =", -"TCSRCS_LHS =", etc., should show the basic organization of the (many) -modules. - -TO ADD A MODULE TO THE COMPILER: - -0. Be familiar with "How to add an optimisation pass..." (in - ghc/docs/add_to_compiler). - -1. Create an appropriately-named module in an appropriate subdirectory. - -2. Edit the Jmakefile: - - * If you created a new subdirectory for the module, add that - directory to the SUBDIR_LIST and DASH_I_SUBDIR_LIST lists. - - * Add your module to one of the lists of modules in the compiler; - e.g., TCSRCS_LHS. - -3. Re-make the Makefile: "make Makefile" - -4. Re-make the automatically-generated dependencies: "make depend". - -Your new module is now "wired in" and you may proceed normally... - - % make - -(see also: day-to-day make-worlding section of developer's guide, near -the end) - -5. If you want to set up automagically (re-)runnable tests, follow - the suggests in the file tests/README. |