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diff --git a/docs/CommandGuide/llvmgxx.pod b/docs/CommandGuide/llvmgxx.pod index 219d608..64b670e 100644 --- a/docs/CommandGuide/llvmgxx.pod +++ b/docs/CommandGuide/llvmgxx.pod @@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ B<llvm-g++> [I<options>] I<filename> The B<llvm-g++> command is the LLVM C++ front end. It is a modified version of g++ that compiles C++/ObjC++ programs into native code, -LLVM bytecode or assembly language, depending upon the options. +LLVM bitcode or assembly language, depending upon the options. By default, B<llvm-g++> compiles to native objects just like GCC does. If the -B<-emit-llvm> option is given then it will generate LLVM bytecode files instead. +B<-emit-llvm> option is given then it will generate LLVM bitcode files instead. If B<-S> (assembly) is also given, then it will generate LLVM assembly. Being derived from the GNU Compiler Collection, B<llvm-g++> has many @@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ Print a summary of command line options. =item B<-S> -Do not generate an LLVM bytecode file. Rather, compile the source +Do not generate an LLVM bitcode file. Rather, compile the source file into an LLVM assembly language file. =item B<-c> Do not generate a linked executable. Rather, compile the source -file into an LLVM bytecode file. This bytecode file can then be -linked with other bytecode files later on to generate a full LLVM +file into an LLVM bitcode file. This bitcode file can then be +linked with other bitcode files later on to generate a full LLVM executable. =item B<-o> I<filename> @@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ repeated. =item B<-l>I<name> Link in the library libI<name>.[bc | a | so]. This library should -be a bytecode library. +be a bitcode library. =item B<-emit-llvm> -Make the output be LLVM bytecode (or assembly) instead of native object (or +Make the output be LLVM bitcode (or assembly) instead of native object (or assembly). =back |