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<h1>Installing lcc</h1>
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<p ALIGN="LEFT"><strong><a HREF="http://www.research.microsoft.com/~cwfraser/">Christopher
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W. Fraser</a> and <a HREF="http://www.research.microsoft.com/~drh/">David R. Hanson</a>, <a
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HREF="http://www.research.microsoft.com/">Microsoft Research</a></strong><br>
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September 2002</p>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<dir>
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  <li><a HREF="#intro">Introduction</a></li>
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  <li><a HREF="#unix">Installation on UNIX</a></li>
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  <li><a HREF="#driver">Building the Driver</a></li>
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  <li><a HREF="#rcc">Building the Compiler and Accessories</a></li>
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  <li><a HREF="#win32">Installation on Windows</a></li>
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  <li><a HREF="#bugs">Reporting Bugs</a></li>
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  <li><a HREF="#mailinglist">Keeping in Touch</a></li>
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</dir>
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<h2><a NAME="intro">Introduction</a></h2>
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<p><a HREF="http://www.cs.princeton.edu/software/lcc/">lcc</a> is the ANSI C compiler
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described in our book <cite>A Retargetable C Compiler: Design and Implementation</cite>
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(Addison-Wesley, 1995, ISBN 0-8053-1670-1).</p>
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<p>If you're installing lcc on a UNIX system, read the remainder of this section and
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continue with the next section. If you're installing lcc on a Windows system, you should read the rest of this section, the following three sections, and the <a
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HREF="#win32">Windows</a> section.</p>
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<p>Extract the distribution into its own directory. All non-absolute paths below are
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relative to this directory. The distribution holds the following subdirectories.</p>
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<blockquote>
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  <table BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="80%">
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    <tr>
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      <td><a HREF="../src"><code>src</code></a></td>
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      <td></td>
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      <td>source code</td>
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    <tr>
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      <td><a HREF="../etc"><code>etc</code></a></td>
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      <td></td>
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      <td>driver, accessories</td>
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      <td><a HREF="../lib"><code>lib</code></a></td>
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      <td></td>
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      <td>runtime library source code</td>
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    <tr>
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      <td><a HREF="../cpp"><code>cpp</code></a></td>
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      <td></td>
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      <td>preprocessor source code</td>
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    <tr>
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      <td><a HREF="../lburg"><code>lburg</code></a></td>
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      <td></td>
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      <td>code-generator generator source code</td>
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      <td><a HREF="../doc"><code>doc</code></a></td>
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      <td>this document, man pages</td>
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      <td><code><a HREF="../include">include</a>/*/*</code></td>
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      <td>include files</td>
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      <td><a HREF="../tst"><code>tst</code></a></td>
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      <td></td>
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      <td>test suite</td>
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      <td><code><a HREF="../alpha">alpha</a>/*/tst</code></td>
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      <td></td>
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      <td>ALPHA test outputs</td>
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      <td><code><a HREF="../mips">mips</a>/*/tst</code></td>
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      <td>MIPS test outputs</td>
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      <td><code><a HREF="../sparc">sparc</a>/*/tst</code></td>
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      <td>SPARC test outputs</td>
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<p><code>doc/install.html</code> is the HTML file for this document.</p>
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<p>The installation makefile is designed so that lcc can be installed from a read-only
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file system or directory, which is common in networked environments, so the distribution
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can be unloaded on a central file server. <strong>You will need an existing ANSI/ISO C
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compiler to build and install lcc.</strong></p>
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<h2><a NAME="unix">Installation on UNIX</a></h2>
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<p>The compilation components (the preprocessor, include files, and compiler proper, etc.)
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are installed in a single <em>build directory</em>. On multi-platform systems supported by
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a central file server, it's common to store the build directory in a location specific to
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the platform and to the version of lcc, and to point a symbolic link to this location. For
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example,</p>
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<blockquote>
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  <pre>% ln -s $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris /usr/local/lib/lcc</pre>
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<p>points <code>/usr/local/lib/lcc</code> to a build directory for lcc on the SPARC under Solaris. Links into <code>/usr/local/lib/lcc</code> are created for the programs <code>lcc</code>
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and <code>bprint</code>. Thus, a new distribution can be installed by building it in its
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own build directory and changing one symbolic link to point to that directory. If these
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conventions or their equivalents are followed, the host-specific parts of the driver
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program, <code>lcc</code>, can be used unmodified.</p>
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<p>Installation on a UNIX system involves the following steps. Below, the build directory
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is referred to as <code>BUILDDIR</code>, and the commands below are executed
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from the distribution directory.<ol>
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  <li>Create the build directory, using a version- and platform-specific naming convention as
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    suggested above, and record the name of this directory in the <code>BUILDDIR</code>
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    environment variable:<blockquote>
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      <pre>% setenv BUILDDIR $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris
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    <p>Here and below, commands assume the C shell. Also, you'll need a version of <code>mkdir</code>
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    that supports the <code>-p</code> option, which creates intermediate directories as
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    necessary.</p>
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  <li>Copy the man pages to the repository for local man pages, e.g.,<blockquote>
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      <pre>% cp doc/*.1 /usr/local/man/man1</pre>
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    <p>Some users copy the man pages to the build directory and create the appropriate
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    symbolic links, e.g., </p>
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% ln -s $BUILDDIR/*.1 /usr/local/man/man1</pre>
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  <li>Platform-specific include files are in directories named <code>include/</code><em>target</em><code>/</code><em>os</em>.
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    Create the include directory in the build directory, and copy the include hierarchy for
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    your platform to this directory, e.g.,<blockquote>
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      <pre>% mkdir $BUILDDIR/include
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% cp -p -R include/sparc/solaris/* $BUILDDIR/include</pre>
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    <p>Again, some users create a symbolic link to the appropriate directory in the
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    distribution instead of copying the include files. For example, at Princeton, the
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    distributions are stored under <code>/proj/pkg/lcc</code>, so the included files are
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    &quot;installed&quot; by creating one symbolic link: </p>
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      <pre>% ln -s $BUILDDIR/include/sparc/solaris $BUILDDIR/include</pre>
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    <p>If you're installing lcc on Linux, you <em>must</em> also plant a symbolic link named <code>gcc</code>
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    to gcc's library directory, because lcc uses gcc's C preprocessor and most of gcc's header
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      <pre>% ln -s /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96 $BUILDDIR/gcc</pre>
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    <p>and examine the diagnostic output. Make sure that <code>$BUILDDIR/gcc/cpp0</code> and <code>$BUILDDIR/gcc/include</code>
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    in that order; see <a HREF="#driver"><em>Building the Driver</em></a> and <a
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    href="../etc/linux.c"><code>etc/linux.c</code></a> for details.</p>
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  <li>The <a HREF="../makefile"><code>makefile</code></a> includes the file named by the <code>CUSTOM</code>
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    included in the distribution. If desired, prepare a site-specification customization file
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    <p>You can, for example, use customization files to record site-specific values for macros
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  <li>Build the host-specific driver, creating a custom host-specific part, if necessary. See <a
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    HREF="#driver"><em>Building the Driver</em></a>.</li>
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  <li>Build the preprocessor, compiler proper, library, and other accessories. See <a
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    whatever <code>/usr/local/lib/lcc</code> points to; installing a new version of lcc can be done by changing <code>/usr/local/lib/lcc</code> to point to the build
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<h2><a NAME="driver">Building the Driver</a></h2>
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<p>The preprocessor, compiler, assembler, and loader are invoked by a driver program, <code>lcc</code>,
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which is similar to <code>cc</code> on most systems. It's described in the man page <code>doc/lcc.1</code>.
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The driver is built by combining the host-independent part, <a href="../etc/lcc.c"><code>etc/lcc.c</code></a>,
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with a small host-specific part. Distributed host-specific parts are named <code>etc/</code><em>os</em><code>.c</code>,
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where <em>os</em> is the name of the operating system for the host on which <code>lcc</code>
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is being installed. If you're following the installations conventions described above, you
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can probably use one of the host-specific parts unmodified; otherwise, pick one that is
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closely related to your platform, copy it to <em>whatever</em><code>.c</code>, and edit it
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as described below. You should not have to edit <code>etc/lcc.c</code>.</p>
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<p>We'll use <a HREF="../etc/solaris.c"><code>etc/solaris.c</code></a> as an example in
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describing how the host-specific part works. This example illustrates all the important
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features. Make sure you have the environment variable <code>BUILDDIR</code> set correctly,
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and build the driver with a <code>make</code> command, e.g.,</p>
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cc -g -o $BUILDDIR/lcc $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/lcc.o $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/host.o</pre>
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in <code><a HREF="../etc/solaris.c">etc/solaris.c</a></code> are the typical ones for UNIX
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systems. Each element of <code>suffixes</code> is actually a list of suffixes, separated
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Windows. lcc can generate code for <em>all</em> of the <em>target</em><code>/</code><em>os</em>
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<blockquote>
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  <pre>% $BUILDDIR/lcc -v -v foo.c baz.c mylib.a -lX11
386
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/lcc $ Id: lcc.c,v 4.33 2001/06/28 22:19:58 drh $
387
foo.c:
388
/usr/local/lib/lcc/cpp -D__STDC__=1 -Dsparc -D__sparc__ -Dsun -D__sun__ -Dunix -D__LCC__i
389
/usr/local/lib/lcc/rcc -target=sparc/solaris -v /tmp/lcc4060.i /tmp/lcc4061.s
390
/usr/ccs/bin/as -Qy -s -o /tmp/lcc4062.o /tmp/lcc4061.s
391
baz.c:
392
/usr/local/lib/lcc/cpp -D__STDC__=1 -Dsparc -D__sparc__ -Dsun -D__sun__ -Dunix -D__LCC__i
393
/usr/local/lib/lcc/rcc -target=sparc/solaris -v /tmp/lcc4060.i /tmp/lcc4061.s
394
/usr/ccs/bin/as -Qy -s -o /tmp/lcc4063.o /tmp/lcc4061.s
395
/usr/ccs/bin/ld -o a.out /opt/SUNWspro/SC4.2/lib/crti.o /opt/SUNWspro/SC4.2/lib/crt1.o /o
396
rm /tmp/lcc4063.o /tmp/lcc4060.i /tmp/lcc4061.s /tmp/lcc4062.o</pre>
397
</blockquote>
398
 
399
<p>As the output shows, <code>lcc</code> places temporary files in <code>/tmp</code>; if
400
any of the environment variables <code>TMP</code>, <code>TEMP</code>, and <code>TMPDIR</code>
401
are set, they override this default (in the order shown) as does the <code>-tempdir=</code><em>dir</em>
402
option. The default can be changed by defining <code>TEMPDIR</code> in <code>CFLAGS</code>
403
when building the driver.</p>
404
 
405
<p>The <code>option</code> function is called for the options <code>-Wo</code>, <code>-g</code>,
406
<code>-p</code>, <code>-pg</code>, and <code>-b</code> because these compiler options
407
might also affect the loader's arguments. For these options, the driver calls <code>option(arg)</code>
408
to give the host-specific code an opportunity to edit the <code>ld</code> command, if
409
necessary. <code>option</code> can change <code>ld</code>, if necessary, and return 1 to
410
announce its acceptance of the option. If the option is unsupported, <code>option</code>
411
should return 0.</p>
412
 
413
<p>For example, in response to <code>-g</code>, the <code>option</code> function shown
414
above accepts the option but does nothing else, because the <code>ld</code> and <code>as</code>
415
commands don't need to be modified on the SPARC. <code>-g</code> will also be added to the
416
compiler's options by the host-independent part of the driver. The <code>-p</code> causes <code>option</code>
417
to change the name of the startup code and changed the list of libraries. The <code>-b</code>
418
option turns on <code>lcc</code>'s per-expression profiling, the code for which is in <code>liblcc.a</code>,
419
so <code>option</code> need no nothing.</p>
420
 
421
<p>On SPARCs, the driver also recognizes <code>-Bstatic</code> and <code>-Bdynamic</code>
422
as linker options. The driver recognizes but ignores &quot;<code>-target</code> <em>name</em>&quot;
423
option.</p>
424
 
425
<p>The option <code>-Wo</code><em>arg</em> causes the driver to pass <em>arg</em> to <code>option</code>.
426
Such options have no other effect; this mechanism is provided to support system-specific
427
options that affect the commands executed by the driver. As illustrated above,
428
host-specific parts should support the <code>-Wo-lccdir=</code><em>dir</em> option, which
429
causes lcc's compilation components to be found in <em>dir</em>, because this option is
430
used by the test scripts, and because the driver simulates a <code>-Wo-lccdir</code>
431
option with the value of the environment variable <code>LCCDIR</code>, if it's defined.
432
The code above rebuilds the paths to the include files, preprocessor, compiler, and
433
library by calling <code>concat</code>, which is defined in <code>etc/lcc.c</code>.</p>
434
 
435
<h2><a NAME="rcc">Building the Compiler and Accessories</a></h2>
436
 
437
<p>To build the rest of compilation components make sure <code>BUILDDIR</code> is set
438
appropriately and type &quot;<code>make all</code>&quot;. This command builds <code>librcc.a</code>
439
(the compiler's private library), <code>rcc</code> (the compiler proper), <code>lburg</code>
440
(the code-generator generator), <code>cpp</code> (the preprocessor), <code>liblcc.a</code>
441
(the runtime library), and <code>bprint</code> (the profile printer), all in <code>BUILDDIR</code>.
442
There may be warnings, but there should be no errors. If you're using an ANSI/ISO compiler
443
other than <code>cc</code>, specify its name with the <code>CC=</code> option, e.g.,
444
&quot;<code>make CC=gcc all</code>&quot;. If you're running on a DEC ALPHA, use &quot;<code>make
445
CC='cc -std1' all</code>&quot;; the <code>-std1</code> option is essential on
446
the ALPHA.</p>
447
 
448
<p>Once <code>rcc</code> is built with the host C compiler, run the test suite to verify
449
that <code>rcc</code> is working correctly. If any of the steps below fail, contact us
450
(see <a HREF="#bugs"><em>Reporting Bugs</em></a>). The commands in the makefile run the
451
shell script <code>src/run.sh</code> on each C program in the test suite, <code>tst/*.c</code>.
452
It uses the driver, <code>$BUILDDIR/lcc</code>, so you must have the driver in the build
453
directory before testing <code>rcc</code>. The <em>target</em><code>/</code><em>os</em>
454
combination is read from the variable <code>TARGET</code>, which must be specified when
455
invoking <code>make</code>:</p>
456
 
457
<blockquote>
458
  <pre>% make TARGET=sparc/solaris test
459
mkdir -p $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/sparc/solaris/tst
460
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc -target=sparc/solaris $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/sparc/solaris/tst/8q.s:
461
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc -target=sparc/solaris $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/sparc/solaris/tst/array.s:
462
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc -target=sparc/solaris $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/sparc/solaris/tst/cf.s:
463
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc -target=sparc/solaris $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/sparc/solaris/tst/cq.s:
464
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc -target=sparc/solaris $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/sparc/solaris/tst/cvt.s:
465
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc -target=sparc/solaris $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/sparc/solaris/tst/fields.s:
466
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc -target=sparc/solaris $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/sparc/solaris/tst/front.s:
467
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc -target=sparc/solaris $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/sparc/solaris/tst/incr.s:
468
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc -target=sparc/solaris $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/sparc/solaris/tst/init.s:
469
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc -target=sparc/solaris $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/sparc/solaris/tst/limits.s:
470
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc -target=sparc/solaris $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/sparc/solaris/tst/paranoia.s:
471
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc -target=sparc/solaris $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/sparc/solaris/tst/sort.s:
472
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc -target=sparc/solaris $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/sparc/solaris/tst/spill.s:
473
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc -target=sparc/solaris $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/sparc/solaris/tst/stdarg.s:
474
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc -target=sparc/solaris $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/sparc/solaris/tst/struct.s:
475
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc -target=sparc/solaris $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/sparc/solaris/tst/switch.s:
476
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc -target=sparc/solaris $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/sparc/solaris/tst/wf1.s:
477
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc -target=sparc/solaris $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/sparc/solaris/tst/yacc.s:</pre>
478
</blockquote>
479
 
480
<p>Each line in the output above is of the form</p>
481
 
482
<blockquote>
483
  <p><code>$BUILDDIR/rcc -target=</code><em>target</em><code>/</code><em>os</em><code> $BUILDDIR/</code><em>target</em><code>/</code><em>os</em><code>/</code><em>X</em><code>.s:</code></p>
484
</blockquote>
485
 
486
<p>where <em>X</em> is the base name of the C program <em>X</em><code>.c</code> in the
487
test suite. The actual value of <code>BUILDDIR</code> will, of course, appear in
488
place of <code>$BUILDDIR</code>. This output identifies the compiler and the target, e.g., &quot;<code>$BUILDDIR/rcc</code>
489
is generating code for a <code>sparc</code> running the <code>solaris</code> operating
490
system.&quot;</p>
491
 
492
<p>For each program in the test suite, <code>src/run.sh</code> compiles the program, drops
493
the generated assembly language code in <code>BUILDDIR</code>/<em>target</em><code>/</code><em>os</em>,
494
and uses <code>diff</code> to compare the generated assembly code with the expected code
495
(the code expected for <code>tst/8q.c</code> on the SPARC under Solaris is in <code>sparc/solaris/tst/8q.sbk</code>,
496
etc.). If there are differences, the script executes the generated code with the input
497
given in <code>tst</code> (the input for <code>tst/8q.c</code> is in <code>tst/8q.0</code>,
498
etc.) and compares the output with the expected output (the expected output from <code>tst/8q.c</code>
499
on the SPARC under Solaris is in <code>sparc/solaris/tst/8q.1bk</code>, etc.). The script
500
also compares the diagnostics from the compiler with the expected diagnostics.</p>
501
 
502
<p>On some systems, there may be a few differences between the generated code and the
503
expected code. These differences occur because the expected code is generated by cross
504
compilation and the least significant bits of some floating-point constants differ from
505
those bits in constants generated on your system. On Linux, there may be differences
506
because of differences in the header files between our system and yours. There should be
507
no differences in the output from executing the test programs.</p>
508
 
509
<p>Next, run the &quot;triple test&quot;, which builds <code>rcc</code> using itself:</p>
510
 
511
<blockquote>
512
  <pre>% make triple
513
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/lcc -A -d0.6 -Wo-lccdir=$(BUILDDIR) -Isrc -I$(BUILDDIR) -o $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/1rcc -B$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/ src/alloc.c ...
514
src/alloc.c:
515
...
516
$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/lcc -A -d0.6 -Wo-lccdir=$(BUILDDIR) -Isrc -I$(BUILDDIR) -o $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/2rcc -B$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/1 src/alloc.c ...
517
src/alloc.c:
518
...
519
strip $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/[12]rcc
520
dd if=$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/1rcc of=$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc1 bs=512 skip=1
521
1270+1 records in
522
1270+1 records out
523
dd if=$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/2rcc of=$BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc2 bs=512 skip=1
524
1270+1 records in
525
1270+1 records out
526
if cmp $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc[12]; then \
527
        mv $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/2rcc $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc; \
528
        rm -f $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/1rcc $BUILDDIR/sparc-solaris/rcc[12]; fi</pre>
529
</blockquote>
530
 
531
<p>This command builds <code>rcc</code> twice; once using the <code>rcc</code> built by <code>cc</code>
532
and again using the <code>rcc</code> built by <code>lcc</code>. The resulting binaries are
533
compared. They should be identical, as shown at the end of the output above. If they
534
aren't, our compiler is generating incorrect code; <a HREF="#bugs">contact</a> us.</p>
535
 
536
<p>The final version of <code>rcc</code> should also pass the test suite; that is, the
537
output from</p>
538
 
539
<blockquote>
540
  <pre>% make TARGET=sparc/solaris test</pre>
541
</blockquote>
542
 
543
<p>should be identical to that from the previous <code>make test</code>.</p>
544
 
545
<p>The command &quot;<code>make clean</code>&quot; cleans up, but does not remove <code>rcc</code>,
546
etc., and &quot;<code>make clobber</code>&quot; cleans up and removes <code>lcc</code>, <code>rcc</code>,
547
and the other accessories. Test directories under <code>BUILDDIR</code> are <em>not</em>
548
removed; you'll need to remove these by hand, e.g.,</p>
549
 
550
<blockquote>
551
  <pre>% rm -fr $BUILDDIR/sparc</pre>
552
</blockquote>
553
 
554
<p>The code generators for the other targets can be tested by specifying the desired <em>target</em><code>/</code><em>os</em>
555
and setting an environment variable that controls what <code>src/run.sh</code> does. For
556
example, to test the MIPS code generator, type</p>
557
 
558
<blockquote>
559
  <pre>% setenv REMOTEHOST noexecute
560
% make TARGET=mips/irix test</pre>
561
</blockquote>
562
 
563
<p>As above, <code>src/run.sh</code> compares the MIPS code generated with what's
564
expected. There should be no differences. Setting <code>REMOTEHOST</code> to <code>noexecute</code>
565
suppresses the assembly and execution of the generated code. If you set <code>REMOTEHOST</code>
566
to the name of a MIPS machine to which you can <code>rlogin</code>, <code>src/run.sh</code>
567
will <code>rcp</code> the generated code to that machine and execute it there, if
568
necessary. See <code>src/run.sh</code> for the details.</p>
569
 
570
<p>You can use lcc as a cross compiler. The options <code>-S</code> and <code>-Wf-target=</code><em>target/os</em>
571
generate assembly code for the specified target, which is any of those listed in the file <code>src/bind.c</code>.
572
For example, </p>
573
 
574
<blockquote>
575
  <pre>% lcc -Wf-target=mips/irix -S tst/8q.c</pre>
576
</blockquote>
577
 
578
<p>generates MIPS code for <code>tst/8q.c</code> in <code>8q.s</code>.</p>
579
 
580
<p>lcc can also generate code for a &quot;symbolic&quot; target. This target is used
581
routinely in front-end development, and its output is a printable representation of the
582
input program, e.g., the dags constructed by the front end are printed, and other
583
interface functions print their arguments. You can specify this target with the option <code>-Wf-target=symbolic</code>.
584
For example,</p>
585
 
586
<blockquote>
587
  <pre>% lcc -Wf-target=symbolic -S tst/8q.c</pre>
588
</blockquote>
589
 
590
<p>generates symbolic output for <code>tst/8q.c</code> in <code>8q.s</code>. Adding <code>-Wf-html</code>
591
causes the symbolic target to emit HTML instead of plain text. Finally, the option <code>-Wf-target=null</code>
592
specifies the &quot;null&quot; target for which lcc emits nothing and thus only checks the
593
syntax and semantics of its input files.</p>
594
 
595
<h2><a NAME="win32">Installation on Windows</a></h2>
596
 
597
<p>On Windows, lcc is designed to work with Microsoft's Visual
598
C++ (VC), version 5.0 and above, and Microsoft's Assembler, MASM. It uses the VC header files,
599
libraries, and command-line tools, and it uses MASM to assemble the code it generates.
600
You must use MASM 6.11d or later,
601
because earlier  releases generate incorrect COFF object files. MASM
602
6.15 is available as part of the free
603
<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/ppack/default.asp">Visual
604
C++ 6.0 Processor Pack</a>.</p>
605
 
606
<p>Building the distribution components from the ground up requires Microsoft's Visual
607
C/C++ compiler, Microsoft's make, <code>nmake</code>, and the standard Windows command
608
interpreter. <a HREF="../makefile.nt"><code>makefile.nt</code></a> is written to use only <code>nmake</code>.
609
As on UNIX systems, the compilation components are installed in a single <em>build
610
directory</em>, and the top-level programs, <code>lcc.exe</code> and <code>bprint.exe</code>,
611
are installed in a directory on the PATH. If the conventions used below are followed, the
612
Windows-specific parts of the driver program, <code>lcc.exe</code>, can be used
613
unmodified.</p>
614
 
615
<p>Building from the source distribution on a Windows system involves the following steps.
616
Below, the build directory is referred to as <code>BUILDDIR</code>, and the distribution
617
is in <code>\dist\lcc</code>.
618
 
619
<ol>
620
  <li>Create the build directory, perhaps using a version- and platform-specific naming
621
    convention as suggested in <a HREF="#unix"><em>Installation on UNIX</em></a>, and record
622
    the name of this directory in the <code>BUILDDIR</code> environment variable:<blockquote>
623
      <pre>C:\dist\lcc&gt;set BUILDDIR=\progra~1\lcc\<i>version</i>\bin
624
C:\dist\lcc&gt;mkdir %BUILDDIR%</pre>
625
    </blockquote>
626
    <p>The default build, or installation, directory is <code>\Program Files\lcc\</code><i>version</i><code>\bin</code>,
627
    where <i>version</i> is the version number, e.g., 4.2, but the <code>nmake</code> commands require that you use the corresponding 8.3 file name, <code>progra~1</code>,
628
    instead of <code>Program Files</code>.</p>
629
  </li>
630
  <li><a HREF="../etc/win32.c"><code>etc\win32.c</code></a> is the Windows-specific part of
631
    the driver. It assumes that environment variable <code>include</code> gives the locations
632
    of the VC header files and that the linker (<code>link.exe</code>) and the assembler (<code>ml.exe</code>)
633
    are on the PATH. It also assumes that the macro <code>LCCDIR</code> gives the build
634
    directory. If necessary, revise a copy of <a HREF="../etc/win32.c"><code>etc\win32.c</code></a>
635
    to reflect the conventions on your computer (see <a HREF="#driver"><em>Building the Driver</em></a>),
636
    then build the driver, specifying the default temporary directory, if necessary:<blockquote>
637
      <pre>C:\dist\lcc&gt;nmake -f makefile.nt HOSTFILE=etc/win32.c lcc
638
...
639
        cl -nologo -Zi -MLd -Fd%BUILDDIR%\ -c -Fo%BUILDDIR%\lcc.obj etc/lcc.c
640
lcc.c
641
        cl -nologo -Zi -MLd -Fd%BUILDDIR%\ -c -Fo%BUILDDIR%\host.obj etc/win32.c
642
win32.c
643
        cl -nologo -Zi -MLd -Fd%BUILDDIR%\ -Fe%BUILDDIR%\lcc.exe %BUILDDIR%\lcc.obj %BUILDDIR%\host.obj</pre>
644
    </blockquote>
645
    <p>If you make a copy of <code>etc\win32.c</code>, specify the path of the copy as the
646
    value of <code>HOSTFILE</code>. For example, if you copy <code>etc\win32.c</code> to <code>BUILDDIR</code>
647
    and edit it, use the command</p>
648
    <blockquote>
649
      <pre>C:\dist\lcc&gt;nmake -f makefile.nt HOSTFILE=%BUILDDIR%\win32.c lcc</pre>
650
    </blockquote>
651
  </li>
652
  <li>Build the preprocessor, compiler proper, library, and other accessories (see <a
653
    HREF="#rcc"><em>Building the Compiler</em></a>):<blockquote>
654
      <pre>C:\dist\lcc&gt;nmake -f makefile.nt all</pre>
655
    </blockquote>
656
    <p>This command uses the VC command-line tools <code>cl</code> and <code>lib</code> to
657
    build <code>bprint.exe</code>, <code>cpp.exe</code>, <code>lburg.exe</code>, <code>liblcc.lib</code>,
658
    <code>librcc.lib</code>, and <code>rcc.exe</code>, all in <code>BUILDDIR</code>. There may
659
    be some warnings, but there should be no warnings.</p>
660
  </li>
661
  <li>Create a test directory and run the test suite:<blockquote>
662
      <pre>C:\dist\lcc&gt;mkdir %BUILDDIR%\x86\win32\tst
663
C:\dist\lcc&gt;nmake -f makefile.nt test</pre>
664
    </blockquote>
665
    <p>This command compiles each program in <a HREF="../tst">tst</a>, compares the generated
666
    assembly code and diagnostics with the expected assembly code and diagnostics, executes
667
    the program, and compares the output with the expected output (using <code>fc</code>). For
668
    example, when the nmake command compiles <a HREF="../tst/8q.c"><code>tst\8q.c</code></a>,
669
    it leaves the generated assembly code and diagnostic output in <code>%BUILDDIR%\x86\win32\tst\8q.s</code>
670
    and <code>%BUILDDIR%\x86\win32\tst\8q.2</code>, and it compares them with the expected
671
    results in <code>x86\win32\tst\8q.sbk</code>. It builds the executable program in <code>%BUILDDIR%\x86\win32\tst\8q.exe</code>,
672
    runs it, and redirects the output to <code>%BUILDDIR%\x86\win32\tst\8q.1</code>, which it
673
    compares with <code>x86\win32\tst\8q.1bk</code>. The output from this step is voluminous,
674
    but there should be no differences and no errors.</p>
675
  </li>
676
  <li>Run the &quot;triple&quot; test, which compiles <code>rcc</code> with itself and
677
    verifies the results:<blockquote>
678
      <pre>C:\dist\lcc&gt;nmake -f makefile.nt triple
679
...
680
 Assembling: C:/TEMP/lcc2001.asm
681
        fc /b %BUILDDIR%\1rcc.exe %BUILDDIR%\2rcc.exe
682
Comparing files %BUILDDIR%\1rcc.exe and %BUILDDIR%\2RCC.EXE
683
00000088: B4 D5</pre>
684
    </blockquote>
685
    <p>This command builds <code>rcc</code> twice; once using the <code>rcc</code> built by VC
686
    and again using the <code>rcc</code> built by <code>lcc</code>. The resulting binaries are
687
    compared using <code>fc</code>. They should be identical, except for one or two bytes of
688
    timestamp data, as shown at the end of the output above (which will be
689
    different on your system). If <code>1rcc.exe</code> and <code>2rcc.exe</code> aren't
690
    identical, our compiler is
691
    generating incorrect code; <a HREF="#bugs">contact</a> us.</p>
692
  </li>
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  <li>Copy <code>lcc.exe</code> and <code>bprint.exe</code> to a directory on your PATH, e.g.,<blockquote>
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      <pre>C:\dist\lcc&gt;copy %BUILDDIR%\lcc.exe \bin
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C:\dist\lcc&gt;copy %BUILDDIR%\bprint.exe \bin
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  <li>Finally, clean up:<blockquote>
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      <pre>C:\dist\lcc&gt;nmake -f makefile.nt clean</pre>
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    etc.; &quot;<code>nmake -f makefile.nt clobber</code>&quot; cleans up and removes all
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    executables and libraries. Test directories under <code>BUILDDIR</code> are <em>not</em>
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    removed; you'll need to remove these by hand, e.g.,</p>
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      <pre>C:\dist\lcc&gt;rmdir %BUILDDIR%\x86 /s
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%BUILDDIR%\x86, Are you sure (Y/N)? y</pre>
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<h2><a NAME="bugs">Reporting Bugs</a></h2>
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<p>lcc is a large, complex program. We find and repair errors routinely. If you think that
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you've found a error, follow the steps below, which are adapted from the instructions in
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Chapter 1 of <cite>A Retargetable C Compiler: Design and Implementation</cite>.
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  <li>If you don't have a source file that displays the error, create one. Most errors are
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    exposed when programmers try to compile a program they think is valid, so you probably
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    have a demonstration program already.</li>
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  <li>Preprocess the source file and capture the preprocessor output. Discard the original
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    code.</li>
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  <li>Prune your source code until it can be pruned no more without sending the error into
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    hiding. We prune most error demonstrations to fewer than five lines.</li>
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  <li>Confirm that the source file displays the error with the <em>distributed</em> version of
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    lcc. If you've changed lcc and the error appears only in your version, then you'll have to
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    chase the error yourself, even if it turns out to be our fault, because we can't work on
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    your code.</li>
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  <li>Annotate your code with comments that explain why you think that lcc is
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  wrong. If lcc dies with an assertion failure, please tell us where it died. If
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  lcc crashes, please report the last part of the call chain if you can. If lcc
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  is rejecting a program you think is valid, please tell us why you think it's
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  valid, and include supporting page numbers in the ANSI Standard or the
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    appropriate section in <cite>C: A Reference Manual</cite>, 4th edition by S. B. Harbison
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    and G. L. Steele, Jr. (Prentice Hall, 1995). If lcc silently generates incorrect code for
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    some construct, please include the corrupt assembly code in the comments and flag the
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    incorrect instructions if you can.</li>
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  <li>Confirm that your error hasn't been fixed already. The latest version of lcc is always
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    available for anonymous <code>ftp</code> from <code>ftp.cs.princeton.edu</code> in <a
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    HREF="ftp://ftp.cs.princeton.edu/pub/lcc"><code>pub/lcc</code></a>. A <a
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    HREF="ftp://ftp.cs.princeton.edu/pub/lcc/README"><code>README</code></a> file there gives
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    acquisition details, and the <a HREF="../LOG"><code>LOG</code></a> file reports what errors
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    were fixed and when they were fixed. If you report a error that's been fixed, you might
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    get a canned reply.</li>
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  <li>Post your program to the newsgroup <a href="news:comp.compilers.lcc"><code>comp.compilers.lcc</code></a>
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  using a USENET newsreader like those at <a href="http://www.dejanews.com/">http://www.dejanews.com/</a>
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  and <a href="http://groups.google.com/">http://groups.google.com/</a>.
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    Please post only valid C programs; put all remarks in C comments so that we can process
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    reports semi automatically.</li>
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<h2><a NAME="mailinglist">Keeping in Touch</a></h2>
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<p>The USENET newsgroup <a href="news:comp.compilers.lcc">comp.compilers.lcc</a> is an
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unmoderated newsgroup that serves as a forum for all topics related to the installation,
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use, and development of lcc. You can post messages to comp.compilers.lcc using any USENET
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newsreader or by visiting <a href="http://www.dejanews.com/">http://www.dejanews.com/</a>,
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which also includes an archive of recent postings.</p>
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  <a HREF="http://www.research.microsoft.com/~cwfraser/">Chris Fraser</a> / <a
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  <a HREF="http://www.research.microsoft.com/~drh/">David Hanson</a> / <a
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