Re: [Gm2] First time user needs help

[Gaius Mulley]

Duke Normandin <address@hidden> writes:

>> >> However, at this stage, the gcc environment does not 'know' about
>> >> the modula-2 language in the same way that it knows about C, C++,
>> >> F77, Ada etc.
>>
>> Speaking of which - and addressing the non-noobs of the list :) - I
>> assume there is some way to inform gcc of the known extensions, so
>> that in future it will know what to do with ,mod and ,def files?
>
> I was struggling with that very same issue...

Hi,

thanks for trying out gm2 - we need new users to road test it and
uncover oddities such as:

$ gm2 foo.mod

not compiling the module first.  You are right it goes against the gcc
method - so on reflection - I'll give this some thought and modify 'gm2'
to compile the module before performing the link.

Once gm2 1.0 is released I propose to spend time grafting the Modula-2
front end onto a branch of gcc near the head - this should ensure that
gcc knows about *.{def,mod} files.

regards,
Gaius