Re: FPC's compiler directory and file prefix meaning

Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal <[email protected]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:48:35 +0100 (CET)

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On Wed, 17 Dec 2025, mailinglists--- via fpc-pascal wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I was browsing the FPC's 'compiler' directory and noticed a pattern of file 
> name prefixed.
>
> dbg*.pas - I can deduce 'debug'
>
> But what does the 'nc*' and 'og*' and 'opt*' prefixes mean? eg: ogbase, 
> gomap, ogelf etc.

Educated guess:

nc - node conversion 
og - object (file) generation
opt - optimizer

?

Michael.
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