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2 Using GNU Modula-2 ¶

This document contains the user and design issues relevant to the Modula-2 front end to gcc.

• Example compile and link
• Compiler options
• Elementary data types
• Permanently accessible base procedures.
• GNU Modula-2 supported dialects
• Exception implementation
• How to detect run time problems at compile time
• GNU Modula-2 language extensions
• Type compatibility
• Unbounded by reference
• Building a shared library
• How to produce swig interface files
• How to produce a Python module
• Interfacing GNU Modula-2 to C
• Interface to assembly language
• Data type alignment
• Packing data types
• Accessing GNU Modula-2 Built-ins
• The PIM system module
• The ISO system module
• Release map
• Documentation
• Regression tests for gm2 in the repository
• Limitations
• Objectives
• FAQ
• Community
• Other languages for GCC
• License of GNU Modula-2