-@c markers: CROSSREF BUG TODO
+@c markers: BUG TODO
@c Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
@c 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
The language front end is invoked only once, via
@code{lang_hooks.parse_file}, to parse the entire input. The language
front end may use any intermediate language representation deemed
-appropriate. The C front end uses GENERIC trees (CROSSREF), plus
+appropriate. The C front end uses GENERIC trees (@pxref{GENERIC}), plus
a double handful of language specific tree codes defined in
@file{c-common.def}. The Fortran front end uses a completely different
private representation.
At some point the front end must translate the representation used in the
front end to a representation understood by the language-independent
portions of the compiler. Current practice takes one of two forms.
-The C front end manually invokes the gimplifier (CROSSREF) on each function,
+The C front end manually invokes the gimplifier (@pxref{GIMPLE}) on each function,
and uses the gimplifier callbacks to convert the language-specific tree
-nodes directly to GIMPLE (CROSSREF) before passing the function off to
-be compiled.
+nodes directly to GIMPLE before passing the function off to be compiled.
The Fortran front end converts from a private representation to GENERIC,
which is later lowered to GIMPLE when the function is compiled. Which
route to choose probably depends on how well GENERIC (plus extensions)
@cindex GIMPLE
@dfn{Gimplification} is a whimsical term for the process of converting
the intermediate representation of a function into the GIMPLE language
-(CROSSREF). The term stuck, and so words like ``gimplification'',
+(@pxref{GIMPLE}). The term stuck, and so words like ``gimplification'',
``gimplify'', ``gimplifier'' and the like are sprinkled throughout this
section of code.
-@cindex GENERIC
While a front end may certainly choose to generate GIMPLE directly if
it chooses, this can be a moderately complex process unless the
intermediate language used by the front end is already fairly simple.