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reply Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw gdcproject.org> writes:
Hi,

There is now (long overdue) expanded documentation of the 
user-facing features of GDC online on GCC's documentation site.

https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gdc/  (also in 
[PDF](https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gdc.pdf) or 
[PostScript](https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gdc.ps.gz) or an 
[HTML tarball](https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gdc-html.tar.gz))

The GDC options documentation has been around since the start.  
What's new is the language reference section, covering code 
generation choices specific to GDC - what attributes are 
supported, intrinsics, pragmas, predefined versions, language 
extensions, missing features and deviations from spec, ...

More could be added or elaborated upon, such as what linkage do 
different symbols get, mixed language programming with C and C++, 
the anatomy of a TypeInfo and ModuleInfo object, and so on.  This 
is enough as a first revision just to get it off the ground.

Being a first revision, expect some grammar mistakes, and unclear 
use of language in some parts throughout.

If any curious reader spots any such mistakes, or thinks there 
needs to be more clarity in some phrase or paragraph, you can 
either [raise a bugzilla issue against 
GDC](https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=gcc&compo
ent=d&version=13.0) or name and shame me here.

Meanwhile GDC-13 development is still tracking DMD's mainline 
branch, no plans to switch to a stable D2 release just yet.  DMD 
releases will resume a predictable cadence in the New Year, 
starting with the 2.102-beta release in January, meaning 
2.102-final in February.  So the expected D2 version GDC-13 would 
be using is v2.103.1 by the time our May release comes around.

Regards,
Iain.
Dec 06 2022
next sibling parent Johan <j j.nl> writes:
On Tuesday, 6 December 2022 at 12:13:59 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:

 Hi,

 There is now (long overdue) expanded documentation of the 
 user-facing features of GDC online on GCC's documentation site.

 https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gdc/  (also in 
 [PDF](https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gdc.pdf) or 
 [PostScript](https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gdc.ps.gz) or an 
 [HTML tarball](https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gdc-html.tar.gz))


Wow Iain,
  this is great stuff!

I had been thinking about something like this for LDC too. We can 
use this as a blueprint.

-Johan
Dec 06 2022
prev sibling next sibling parent zjh <fqbqrr 163.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 6 December 2022 at 12:13:59 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:

 Hi,



There are new documents to learn.
Dec 06 2022
prev sibling next sibling parent M.M. <matus email.cz> writes:
On Tuesday, 6 December 2022 at 12:13:59 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:

 Hi,

 There is now (long overdue) expanded documentation of the 
 user-facing features of GDC online on GCC's documentation site.

 [...]


There is quite some momentum on the GDC front recently. Well 
done. Much appreciated.
Dec 09 2022
prev sibling next sibling parent Bruce Carneal <bcarneal gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 6 December 2022 at 12:13:59 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:

 Hi,

 There is now (long overdue) expanded documentation of the 
 user-facing features of GDC online on GCC's documentation site.

 ...


This is very much appreciated, especially the SIMD portion.

Thanks.
Dec 10 2022
prev sibling next sibling parent Witold Baryluk <witold.baryluk gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 6 December 2022 at 12:13:59 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:

 Hi,

 There is now (long overdue) expanded documentation of the 
 user-facing features of GDC online on GCC's documentation site.

 [...]



Nice.

GDC expanded documentation looks really good, and covers 
everything I could think of, that was previously scattered in 
many places. Also it is great to see it in PDF format.


Thanks Iain!
Dec 15 2022
prev sibling parent reply Johan <j j.nl> writes:
On Tuesday, 6 December 2022 at 12:13:59 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:

 Hi,

 There is now (long overdue) expanded documentation of the 
 user-facing features of GDC online on GCC's documentation site.

 https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gdc/


Just now, I had trouble finding this. I don't think there is a 
pointer on GDC's own website? (https://gdcproject.org/)

cheers,
   Johan
Jan 15 2023
parent Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw gdcproject.org> writes:
On Sunday, 15 January 2023 at 19:00:50 UTC, Johan wrote:

 On Tuesday, 6 December 2022 at 12:13:59 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:

 Hi,

 There is now (long overdue) expanded documentation of the 
 user-facing features of GDC online on GCC's documentation site.

 https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gdc/


 Just now, I had trouble finding this. I don't think there is a 
 pointer on GDC's own website? (https://gdcproject.org/)


Hi Johan,

Good point, I really need to give a bit more TLC to the site 
repository.
Jan 22 2023