This is the runtime support library for the Go programming language.
This library is intended for use with the Go frontend.
-The library has only been tested on GNU/Linux using glibc. It should
-not be difficult to port to other operating systems.
+This library should not be stripped when it is installed. Go code
+relies on being able to look up file/line information, which comes
+from the debugging info using the libbacktrace library.
-The library has only been tested on x86/x86_64 systems. It should not
-be difficult to port to other architectures.
+The library has only been tested on GNU/Linux using glibc, and on
+Solaris. It should not be difficult to port to other operating
+systems.
Directories:
go
- A copy of the Go library from http://golang.org/, with a few
- changes for gccgo. Notably, the reflection interface is different.
+ A copy of the Go library from http://golang.org/, with several
+ changes for gccgo.
runtime
Runtime functions, written in C, which are called directly by the
compiler or by the library.
-syscalls
- System call support.
-
Contributing
============
To contribute patches to the files in this directory, please see
http://golang.org/doc/gccgo_contribute.html .
-Changes to these files require a copyright assignment to Google. This
-is required to permit the changes to be copied to the gcc repository,
-as Google has a copyright assignment with the Free Software
-Foundation.
-
-If you are the copyright holder, you will need to agree to the
-individual contributor license agreement at
+The master copy of these files is hosted at
+http://code.google.com/p/gofrontend . Changes to these files require
+signing a Google contributor license agreement. If you are the
+copyright holder, you will need to agree to the individual contributor
+license agreement at
http://code.google.com/legal/individual-cla-v1.0.html. This agreement
can be completed online.
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