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+# TinyCC (Tiny C Compiler)
+
+## Build & Test
+
+```sh
+./configure && make && make test
+```
+
+- `make` builds `tcc` + `libtcc.a` + `libtcc1.a`. `libtcc1.a` is built by a recursive `make -C lib`.
+- `make test` runs the full test suite (`tests/`), ~2 minutes.
+- Run a single tests2 test: `make tests2.37` (run) or `make tests2.37+` (update .expect).
+- Run a single tests/pp test: `make testspp.17`.
+- Sanitizer tests: `make sani-test`, `make sani-tests2.37`, `make sani-testspp.17`.
+- Coverage tests: `make tcov-test`, `make tcov-tests2.37`, `make tcov-testspp.17`.
+- Test installed tcc: `make test-install`.
+
+## Architecture
+
+- **Single-file-ish compiler**: tcc compiles itself (or can be bootstrapped). `tcc.c` is the main entrypoint; `tccpp.c` handles preprocessing, `tccgen.c` handles code generation, `tccelf.c` handles ELF linking, `tccasm.c` handles inline asm, `tccrun.c` handles runtime execution, `tccdbg.c` handles debug info.
+- **Backend files per architecture**: `i386-gen.c`, `x86_64-gen.c`, `arm-gen.c`, `arm64-gen.c`, `riscv64-gen.c`, `c67-gen.c`, plus corresponding asm/link files.
+- **Generated file**: `include/tccdefs.h` is converted to `tccdefs_.h` by `c2str.exe` (built from `conftest.c`). Always exists after first `make`.
+- **Cross-compilers**: `make cross` builds all cross-compilers; `make cross-i386`, `make cross-x86_64`, etc. for one target. `make CROSS_TARGET=i386 ONE_SOURCE=yes` for single-object cross build.
+- **`ONE_SOURCE=yes`**: builds tcc as a single object file (default for cross-compilers, native uses separate objects).
+
+## Coding Style
+
+- **C90** with these pre-existing non-C90 features: `long long`, `inline`, `//` comments, unnamed struct/union fields, empty macro arguments, assignment between function pointer and `void *`.
+- **Indentation**: 4 spaces for most files; some files (e.g. `i386-gen.c`) use 2 spaces for deep nesting.
+- **Do not reformat** existing code unless the change is the primary purpose.
+- Remove tabs and trailing whitespace from modified lines.
+- Check with `./configure --extra-cflags="-std=c90 -Wpedantic"`.
+
+## Test Quirks
+
+- `test.ref` (reference output) is generated from `tcctest.c` using gcc: `(cd tests && gcc -I.. tcctest.c && valgrind -q ./a.out > test.ref)` then `make test TCC="valgrind -q --leak-check=full $(pwd)/tcc -B$(pwd) -I$(pwd)"`.
+- VLA tests (`79_vla_continue`) produce expected invalid reads under Valgrind.
+- tests2 skip list is in `tests/tests2/Makefile` (architecture- and config-specific skips).
+- Some tests need special flags (see `FLAGS =` assignments in `tests/tests2/Makefile`).
+- Bound-check tests (`-b` flag) are skipped when `CONFIG_bcheck=no`.
+- `.expect` files are generated with gcc by default; some use TCC (flagged with `GEN-TCC`).