| @c README.texi describes the pim libraries. |
| @c Copyright @copyright{} 2000-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
| @c |
| @c This is part of the GM2 manual. |
| @c For copying conditions, see the file gcc/doc/include/fdl.texi. |
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| These are the base libraries for the GNU Modula-2 compiler. These |
| modules originally came from the M2F compiler and have been cleaned up |
| and extended. They provide a basic interface to the underlying |
| operating system via libc. They also include a number of libraries to |
| allow access to compiler built-ins. Perhaps the largest difference to |
| PIM and ISO libraries is the @code{DynamicString} module which |
| declares the type @code{String}. The heavy use of this opaque data |
| type results in a number of equivalent modules that can either handle |
| @code{ARRAY OF CHAR} or @code{String}. |
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| These modules have been extensively tested and are used throughout |
| building the GNU Modula-2 compiler. |
