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diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/backend/codegen.md b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/backend/codegen.md index 1a6c2fa76..5feea5202 100644 --- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/backend/codegen.md +++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/backend/codegen.md @@ -1,13 +1,16 @@ # Code generation -Code generation or "codegen" is the part of the compiler that actually -generates an executable binary. Usually, rustc uses LLVM for code generation; -there is also support for [Cranelift]. The key is that rustc doesn't implement -codegen itself. It's worth noting, though, that in the Rust source code, many -parts of the backend have `codegen` in their names (there are no hard -boundaries). - -[Cranelift]: https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/tree/HEAD/cranelift +Code generation (or "codegen") is the part of the compiler +that actually generates an executable binary. +Usually, rustc uses LLVM for code generation, +bu there is also support for [Cranelift] and [GCC]. +The key is that rustc doesn't implement codegen itself. +It's worth noting, though, that in the Rust source code, +many parts of the backend have `codegen` in their names +(there are no hard boundaries). + +[Cranelift]: https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/tree/main/cranelift +[GCC]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rustc_codegen_gcc > NOTE: If you are looking for hints on how to debug code generation bugs, > please see [this section of the debugging chapter][debugging]. |