On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 06:13:50PM -0500, Kelvin Nilsen wrote: > This patch alphabetizes the list of AltiVec built-in function prototypes that > consume about 15 pages of the gcc.pdf file. As part of the alphabetization > effort, certain functions that should not be documented in this section of > the manual are separated from the others and moved to the end of the section > with comments to explain their role. > > This patch prepares the way for future patches that will remove certain > prototypes from this section and will insert certain prototypes that are > currently missing from this section. It also improves readability and > maintainability of the section.
I don't think having these thing alphabetical is a good idea; there are much better orderings possible. But it is a step towards sorting out the mess that is the current documentation, so okay for trunk! Thanks for working on this. Segher > * doc/extend.texi (PowerPC AltiVec Built-in Functions): > Alphabetize prototypes of built-in functions, separating out > built-in functions that are listed in this section but should be > described elsewhere.
