On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 at 08:29, Martin Liška <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> May I please ask a native speaker for a correction of my wording?
>
> Thanks,
> Martin
>
> ---
> htdocs/gcc-11/changes.html | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/htdocs/gcc-11/changes.html b/htdocs/gcc-11/changes.html
> index 1a9e72c1..badc9e12 100644
> --- a/htdocs/gcc-11/changes.html
> +++ b/htdocs/gcc-11/changes.html
> @@ -116,6 +116,28 @@ a work-in-progress.</p>
> option (which defaults to 8 spaces per tab stop).
> </p>
> </li>
> + <li>New warning <a
> href="https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Warning-Options.html#index-Wtsan";><code>-Wtsan</code></a>,
> enabled by default,
"A new warning" or "The new warning". My preference would be "a new warning".
> + warns about unsupported features in ThreadSanitizer
> (<code>std::atomic_thread_fence</code>).</li>
> + <li>Series of if conditions, sharing a common index variable, can be
> transformed into a switch statement if each
There is no "if" condition in your example, and I don't know what the
"index variable" is either.
"A series of conditional expressions that compare the same variable
can be transformed into a switch statement" seems to be what you want
to say.
> + of them contains a comparison expession. Example:
> + <pre>
> + int IsHTMLWhitespace(int aChar) {
> + return aChar == 0x0009 || aChar == 0x000A ||
> + aChar == 0x000C || aChar == 0x000D ||
> + aChar == 0x0020;
> + }
> + </pre>
> + The statement is transformed into a GIMPLE switch statement that is
> later effectively expanded as bit-test.
Do users know or care about GIMPLE? I'm unsure what "effectively
expanded as bit-test" means.
> + </li>
> + <li>
> + New command-line options:
> + <ul>
> + <li><a
> href="https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Code-Gen-Options.html#index-fno-bit-tests";><code>-fbit-tests</code></a>,
> enabled by default, can be used to enable or disable switch expansion using
> bit-tests.</li>
> + </ul>
> + </li>
> + <li>GCOV data file format can effectively store a group of counters that
> are all zero.</li>
What does "effectively" mean here? It can have two slightly different
meanings in English, it can mean "doing a good job" or "not
officially, but in practice".
> + <li>Some <code>gcov</code> tool options are renamed:
> <code>-i,--json-format</code> to
s/are/have been/ ?
> + <code>-j,--json-format</code> and <code>-j,--human-readable</code> to
> <code>-H,--human-readable</code>.</li>
> </ul>
>
