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Preface

This publication documents the 7.3 release of the MIPSpro C++ compiler, which is invoked by the CC(1) command.

The MIPSpro C++ compiler runs on IRIX 6.2 and later operating systems.

Related Publications

The following documents contain additional information that may be helpful:

  • dbx User's Guide

  • MIPSpro Compiling and Performance Tuning Guide

  • Developer Magic: Debugger User's Guide

  • MIPSpro N32 ABI Handbook

  • MIPSpro 64-Bit Porting and Transition Guide

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Conventions

The following conventions are used throughout this document:

Convention 

Meaning

command 

This fixed-space font denotes literal items such as commands, files, routines, path names, signals, messages, and programming language structures.

manpage(x) 

Man page section identifiers appear in parentheses after man page names. The following list describes the identifiers:

1

User commands

1B

User commands ported from BSD

2

System calls

3

Library routines, macros, and opdefs

4

Devices (special files)

4P

Protocols

5

File formats

7

Miscellaneous topics

7D

DWB-related information

8

Administrator commands

Some internal routines (for example, the _assign_asgcmd_info() routine) do not have man pages associated with them.

variable 

Italic typeface denotes variable entries and words or concepts being defined.

user input 

This bold, fixed-space font denotes literal items that the user enters in interactive sessions. Output is shown in nonbold, fixed-space font.

[ ] 

Brackets enclose optional portions of a command or directive line.

... 

Ellipses indicate that a preceding element can be repeated.

The default shell in the UNICOS and UNICOS/mk operating systems, referred to in Cray Research documentation as the standard shell, is a version of the Korn shell that conforms to the following standards:

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) Standard 1003.2-1992

  • X/Open Portability Guide, Issue 4 (XPG4)

The UNICOS and UNICOS/mk operating systems also support the optional use of the C shell.

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