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authorfche <fche>2007-02-09 15:16:32 +0000
committerfche <fche>2007-02-09 15:16:32 +0000
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* fixed -P doc typo
* added atomic issues to %{ %} docs
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@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ Guru mode. Enable parsing of unsafe expert-level constructs like
embedded C.
.TP
.B \-P
-Prologue-searching mode. Enable parsing of unsafe expert-level constructs like
-embedded C.
+Prologue-searching mode. Activate heuristics to work around incorrect
+debbugging information for $target variables.
.TP
.B \-u
Unoptimized mode. Disable unused code elision during elaboration.
@@ -625,9 +625,9 @@ of C code enclosed again between
.IR %{ " and " %}
markers.
This C code may do anything reasonable and safe. There are a number
-of undocumented but complex safety constraints on concurrency,
-resource consumption, and runtime limits, so this is an advanced
-technique.
+of undocumented but complex safety constraints on atomicity,
+concurrency, resource consumption, and run time limits, so this
+is an advanced technique.
.PP
The memory locations set aside for input and output values
are made available to it using a macro