Commit ea736493 authored by Ian Lance Taylor's avatar Ian Lance Taylor

doc: update gccgo docs

Update docs on correspondence between Go releases and GCC releases.

Update C type that corresponds to Go type `int`.

Drop out of date comments about Ubuntu and RTEMS.

Change-Id: Ic1b5ce9f242789af23ec3b7e7a64c9d257d6913e
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/35631
Run-TryBot: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: default avatarBrad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
parent 1db16711
......@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@ user libraries. The Go 1.4 runtime is not fully merged, but that
should not be visible to Go programs.
</p>
<p>
The GCC 6 releases include a complete implementation of the Go 1.6.1
user libraries. The Go 1.6 runtime is not fully merged, but that
should not be visible to Go programs.
</p>
<p>
The GCC 7 releases are expected to include a complete implementation
of the Go 1.8 user libraries. As with earlier releases, the Go 1.8
runtime is not fully merged, but that should not be visible to Go
programs.
</p>
<h2 id="Source_code">Source code</h2>
<p>
......@@ -160,23 +173,6 @@ make
make install
</pre>
<h3 id="Ubuntu">A note on Ubuntu</h3>
<p>
Current versions of Ubuntu and versions of GCC before 4.8 disagree on
where system libraries and header files are found. This is not a
gccgo issue. When building older versions of GCC, setting these
environment variables while configuring and building gccgo may fix the
problem.
</p>
<pre>
LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
C_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu
CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu
export LIBRARY_PATH C_INCLUDE_PATH CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
</pre>
<h2 id="Using_gccgo">Using gccgo</h2>
<p>
......@@ -364,12 +360,15 @@ or with C++ code compiled using <code>extern "C"</code>.
<h3 id="Types">Types</h3>
<p>
Basic types map directly: an <code>int</code> in Go is an <code>int</code>
in C, an <code>int32</code> is an <code>int32_t</code>,
etc. Go <code>byte</code> is equivalent to C <code>unsigned
char</code>.
Pointers in Go are pointers in C. A Go <code>struct</code> is the same as C
<code>struct</code> with the same fields and types.
Basic types map directly: an <code>int32</code> in Go is
an <code>int32_t</code> in C, an <code>int64</code> is
an <code>int64_t</code>, etc.
The Go type <code>int</code> is an integer that is the same size as a
pointer, and as such corresponds to the C type <code>intptr_t</code>.
Go <code>byte</code> is equivalent to C <code>unsigned char</code>.
Pointers in Go are pointers in C.
A Go <code>struct</code> is the same as C <code>struct</code> with the
same fields and types.
</p>
<p>
......@@ -380,7 +379,7 @@ structure (this is <b style="color: red;">subject to change</b>):
<pre>
struct __go_string {
const unsigned char *__data;
int __length;
intptr_t __length;
};
</pre>
......@@ -400,8 +399,8 @@ A slice in Go is a structure. The current definition is
<pre>
struct __go_slice {
void *__values;
int __count;
int __capacity;
intptr_t __count;
intptr_t __capacity;
};
</pre>
......@@ -526,15 +525,3 @@ This procedure is full of unstated caveats and restrictions and we make no
guarantee that it will not change in the future. It is more useful as a
starting point for real Go code than as a regular procedure.
</p>
<h2 id="RTEMS_Port">RTEMS Port</h2>
<p>
The gccgo compiler has been ported to <a href="http://www.rtems.com/">
<code>RTEMS</code></a>. <code>RTEMS</code> is a real-time executive
that provides a high performance environment for embedded applications
on a range of processors and embedded hardware. The current gccgo
port is for x86. The goal is to extend the port to most of the
<a href="http://www.rtems.org/wiki/index.php/SupportedCPUs">
architectures supported by <code>RTEMS</code></a>. For more information on the port,
as well as instructions on how to install it, please see this
<a href="http://www.rtems.org/wiki/index.php/GCCGoRTEMS"><code>RTEMS</code> Wiki page</a>.
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