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authorCharlie Turner <charlesturner7c5@gmail.com>2015-01-24 21:51:21 +0000
committerCharlie Turner <charlesturner7c5@gmail.com>2015-01-24 21:51:21 +0000
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Fixup debug information references.
llvm-svn: 227020
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-rw-r--r--llvm/docs/tutorial/LangImpl1.rst9
-rw-r--r--llvm/docs/tutorial/LangImpl7.rst2
-rw-r--r--llvm/docs/tutorial/LangImpl9.rst13
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/llvm/docs/tutorial/LangImpl1.rst b/llvm/docs/tutorial/LangImpl1.rst
index 3333ce8706f..f4b019166af 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/tutorial/LangImpl1.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/tutorial/LangImpl1.rst
@@ -73,7 +73,14 @@ in the various pieces. The structure of the tutorial is:
about this is how easy and trivial it is to construct SSA form in
LLVM: no, LLVM does *not* require your front-end to construct SSA
form!
-- `Chapter #8 <LangImpl8.html>`_: Conclusion and other useful LLVM
+- `Chapter #8 <LangImpl8.html>`_: Extending the Language: Debug
+ Information - Having built a decent little programming language with
+ control flow, functions and mutable variables, we consider what it
+ takes to add debug information to standalone executables. This debug
+ information will allow you to set breakpoints in Kaleidoscope
+ functions, print out argument variables, and call functions - all
+ from within the debugger!
+- `Chapter #9 <LangImpl8.html>`_: Conclusion and other useful LLVM
tidbits - This chapter wraps up the series by talking about
potential ways to extend the language, but also includes a bunch of
pointers to info about "special topics" like adding garbage
diff --git a/llvm/docs/tutorial/LangImpl7.rst b/llvm/docs/tutorial/LangImpl7.rst
index 141f1389630..7c2c4c41719 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/tutorial/LangImpl7.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/tutorial/LangImpl7.rst
@@ -856,5 +856,5 @@ Here is the code:
.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/Kaleidoscope/Chapter7/toy.cpp
:language: c++
-`Next: Conclusion and other useful LLVM tidbits <LangImpl8.html>`_
+`Next: Extending the Language: Debug Information <LangImpl8.html>`_
diff --git a/llvm/docs/tutorial/LangImpl9.rst b/llvm/docs/tutorial/LangImpl9.rst
index c5140a12e5c..33987687dee 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/tutorial/LangImpl9.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/tutorial/LangImpl9.rst
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ grown our little Kaleidoscope language from being a useless toy, to
being a semi-interesting (but probably still useless) toy. :)
It is interesting to see how far we've come, and how little code it has
-taken. We built the entire lexer, parser, AST, code generator, and an
-interactive run-loop (with a JIT!) by-hand in under 1000 lines of
-(non-comment/non-blank) code.
+taken. We built the entire lexer, parser, AST, code generator, an
+interactive run-loop (with a JIT!), and emitted debug information in
+standalone executables - all in under 1000 lines of (non-comment/non-blank)
+code.
Our little language supports a couple of interesting features: it
supports user defined binary and unary operators, it uses JIT
@@ -68,12 +69,6 @@ For example, try adding:
collection, note that LLVM fully supports `Accurate Garbage
Collection <../GarbageCollection.html>`_ including algorithms that
move objects and need to scan/update the stack.
-- **debugger support** - LLVM supports generation of `DWARF Debug
- info <../SourceLevelDebugging.html>`_ which is understood by common
- debuggers like GDB. Adding support for debug info is fairly
- straightforward. The best way to understand it is to compile some
- C/C++ code with "``clang -g -O0``" and taking a look at what it
- produces.
- **exception handling support** - LLVM supports generation of `zero
cost exceptions <../ExceptionHandling.html>`_ which interoperate with
code compiled in other languages. You could also generate code by
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