[PATCH] D111573: [Flang][driver] Update docs

[Pete Steinfeld via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

PeteSteinfeld added inline comments.


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Comment at: flang/docs/FlangDriver.md:45
+specialised tools. In particular, `flang-new` is not aware of various
+compilation phases within the frontend (e.g. scanning, parsing or semantic
+checks). It does not have to. Conversely, the frontend driver, `flang-new
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awarzynski wrote:
> PeteSteinfeld wrote:
> > awarzynski wrote:
> > > PeteSteinfeld wrote:
> > > > There is no scanner in the compiler, so I don't think we should mention scanning.
> > > Would replacing `scanning` with `prescanning & preprocessing` make sense?
> > I'm not sure what `prescanning` is.  Replacing with `preprocessing` makes sense.
> I've extracted that from the Flang documentation:
> 
> > Prescan and preprocess
> 
> https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/main/flang/docs/Overview.md#prescan-and-preprocess
I stand corrected!  Bizarrely, we prescan, but we don't scan.  Go figure.


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