The GNU Modula-2 front end to GCC

Using GNU Modula-2

• Example compile and link.
• GNU Modula-2 compiler options.
• GNU Modula-2 related environment variables.
• Data types supported by GNU Modula-2.
• Permanently accessible base procedures.
• GNU Modula-2 supported dialects.
• Exception implementation
• How to detect runtime problems at compile time.
• GNU Modula-2 language extensions.
• Data type compatibility.
• Explanation of a language optimization.
• How to build 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.
• SYSTEM data types and procedures.
• SYSTEM data types, procedures and run time.
• Papers and talks.
• Other languages for GCC.
• Brief description of GNU Modula-2.
• Advantages of GNU Modula-2.

This document contains the user and design issues relevant to the Modula-2 front end to gcc. Throughout this document the GNU Modula-2 front end is often referred to as gm2-1.9.5 or gm2 for short. This corresponds to GCC version 12.0.0 and GNU Modula-2 version 1.9.5.