On Fri, 2015-02-27 at 01:06 +0100, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> On Thu, 5 Feb 2015, David Malcolm wrote:
> > This patch adds an <h2>-level section about libgccjit 
> > between the sections on languages and targets.
> 
> this is a very nice idea.
> 
> Index: htdocs/gcc-5/changes.html
> ===================================================================
> +<h2 id="jit">libgccjit</h2>
> +<p>New in GCC 5 is the ability to build gcc as a shared library for embedding
> +in other processes (such as interpreters), suitable for Just-In-Time
> +compilation to machine code.</p>
> 
> "GCC" (in "build GCC as"), and the line looks a bit long?

I've capitalized the "GCC".

> +<p>The library can also be used for ahead-of-time compilation, enabling
> +GCC to be plugged into a pre-existing frontend.
> 
> I have to admit that to me "pre-existing" always feels a bit redundant.  
> Does that come before "regular existing" and "post-existing"? ;-) Tongue
> in cheek, and probably because I am not a native speaker?

FWIW I am a native speaker.  I was trying to stress that this gives
people the ability to use libgccjit with code that already exists
(assuming that the licenses are compatible, which is mentioned lower
down); "pre-existing" seems to be the best way to express that, so I've
kept it.

> This is okay with this change and considering (which does not
> necessarily mean honoring) the comment.
> 
> Thank you.

Thanks; committed.

Dave

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