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@@ -4,25 +4,27 @@
 ..
 .TH mcs 1 "6 January 2001"
 .SH NAME 
 ..
 .TH mcs 1 "6 January 2001"
 .SH NAME 

-mcs \- Mono C# Compiler
+mcs \- Turbo C# Compiler

 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B mcs 
 [option] [source-files]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B mcs 
 [option] [source-files]
 .SH DESCRIPTION

-mcs is the Mono C# compiler, an implementation of the ECMA-334
-language specification.  You can pass one or more options to drive the
-compiler, and a set of source files.  Extra options or arguments can
-be provided in a response file.  Response files are referenced by
-prepending the @ symbol to the response file name.
+mcs is the Turbo C# compiler (also known as the Mono C# compiler), it
+is an implementation of the ECMA-334 language specification.  You can
+pass one or more options to drive the compiler, and a set of source
+files.  Extra options or arguments can be provided in a response file.
+Response files are referenced by prepending the @ symbol to the
+response file name.

 .PP
 The 
 .I mcs
 compiler is used to compile against the latest Mono Base Class Library
 .PP
 The 
 .I mcs
 compiler is used to compile against the latest Mono Base Class Library

-version and fully implements C# 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 specifications.
+version and fully implements C# 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0
+specifications with partial support for C# 7.0.

 .PP
 See the section on packages for more information.
 .PP
 .PP
 See the section on packages for more information.
 .PP

-The Mono C# compiler accepts the same command line options that the
+The Turbo C# compiler accepts the same command line options that the

 Microsoft C# compiler does.  Those options can start with a slash or a
 dash (/checked is the same as -checked).  Additionally some GNU-like
 options are supported, those begin with "--".  All MCS-specific flags
 Microsoft C# compiler does.  Those options can start with a slash or a
 dash (/checked is the same as -checked).  Additionally some GNU-like
 options are supported, those begin with "--".  All MCS-specific flags


@@ -36,13 +38,13 @@ for partial compilation.  To achieve the benefits of partial
 compilation, you should compile programs into their own assemblies,
 and later reference them with the "-r" flag.
 .PP
 compilation, you should compile programs into their own assemblies,
 and later reference them with the "-r" flag.
 .PP

-The Mono C# compiler generates images (.exe files) that contain CIL
+The Turbo C# compiler generates images (.exe files) that contain CIL

 byte code that can be executed by any system that implements a Common
 Language Infrastructure virtual machine such as the Microsoft .NET
 runtime engine on Windows or the Mono runtime engine on Unix systems.
 Executables are not bound to a specific CPU or operating system.
 .PP
 byte code that can be executed by any system that implements a Common
 Language Infrastructure virtual machine such as the Microsoft .NET
 runtime engine on Windows or the Mono runtime engine on Unix systems.
 Executables are not bound to a specific CPU or operating system.
 .PP

-The Mono C# compiler by default only references three assemblies:
+The Turbo C# compiler by default only references three assemblies:

 mscorlib.dll, System.dll and System.Xml.dll.   If you want to
 reference extra libraries you must manually specify them using the
 -pkg: command line option or the -r: command line option.
 mscorlib.dll, System.dll and System.Xml.dll.   If you want to
 reference extra libraries you must manually specify them using the
 -pkg: command line option or the -r: command line option.


@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ use the -pkg:dotnet command line option.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .I \-\-about
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .I \-\-about

-Displays information about the Mono C# compiler
+Displays information about the Turbo C# compiler

 .TP
 .I \-\-addmodule:MODULE1[,MODULE2]
 Includes the specified modules in the resulting assembly.  Modules are
 .TP
 .I \-\-addmodule:MODULE1[,MODULE2]
 Includes the specified modules in the resulting assembly.  Modules are


@@ -94,10 +96,10 @@ or can be used by methods that have been tagged with the Conditional
 attribute. 
 .TP
 .I \-debug, \-debug+
 attribute. 
 .TP
 .I \-debug, \-debug+

-Generate debugging information.  To obtain stack traces with debugging
+Generate debugging information. To obtain stack traces with debugging

 information, you need to invoke the mono runtime with the `--debug'
 information, you need to invoke the mono runtime with the `--debug'

-flag.  This debugging information is stored inside the assembly as a
-resource.
+flag. The debugging information is stored in a MDB file located in
+same output folder as produced assembly.

 .TP
 .I \-debug-
 Do not generate debugging information.
 .TP
 .I \-debug-
 Do not generate debugging information.


@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ The possible values are:
 .TP
 .I "Default"
 Instruct compiler to use the latest version. Equivalent is to omit the
 .TP
 .I "Default"
 Instruct compiler to use the latest version. Equivalent is to omit the

-switch (this currently defaults to the C# 4.0 language specification).
+switch (this currently defaults to the C# 6.0 language specification).

 .TP
 .I "ISO-1"
 Restrict compiler to use only first ISO standardized features.
 .TP
 .I "ISO-1"
 Restrict compiler to use only first ISO standardized features.


@@ -183,11 +185,19 @@ Restrict the compiler to use only the features available in C# 3.0
 Restrict the compiler to use only the features available in C# 4.0
 specification.
 .TP
 Restrict the compiler to use only the features available in C# 4.0
 specification.
 .TP

-.I "future"
+.I "5"
+Restrict the compiler to use only the features available in C# 5.0
+specification.
+.TP
+.I "6"
+Restrict the compiler to use only the features available in C# 6.0
+specification.
+.TP
+.I "experimental"

 Enables unstable features from upcoming versions of the language.
 .PP
 Notice that this flag only restricts the language features available to
 Enables unstable features from upcoming versions of the language.
 .PP
 Notice that this flag only restricts the language features available to

-the programmer. A version of produced assemblies can be controled using
+the programmer. A version of produced assemblies can be controlled using

 .I SDK
 option.
 .ne
 .I SDK
 option.
 .ne


@@ -218,9 +228,10 @@ Makes the compiler ignore warnings specified in the comma-separated
 list WARNLIST>
 .TP
 .I -optimize, -optimize+, -optimize-
 list WARNLIST>
 .TP
 .I -optimize, -optimize+, -optimize-

-Controls whether to perform optimizations on the code.   -optimize and
+Controls compiler code generation optimizations on the code. Using -optimize or

 -optimize+ will turn on optimizations, -optimize- will turn it off.
 -optimize+ will turn on optimizations, -optimize- will turn it off.

-The default in mcs is to optimize+.
+The default in mcs is to optimize-. The option can be mixed with -debug
+but for the best debugging experience it is recommended leave the options off.

 .TP
 .I -out:FNAME, -o FNAME
 Names the output file to be generated.
 .TP
 .I -out:FNAME, -o FNAME
 Names the output file to be generated.


@@ -228,6 +239,9 @@ Names the output file to be generated.
 .I \-\-parse
 Used for benchmarking.  The compiler will only parse its input files.
 .TP
 .I \-\-parse
 Used for benchmarking.  The compiler will only parse its input files.
 .TP

+.I \-pathmap:K=V[,Kn=Vn]
+Sets a mapping for source path names used in generated output.
+.TP

 .I \-pkg:package1[,packageN]
 Reference assemblies for the given packages.
 .Sp
 .I \-pkg:package1[,packageN]
 Reference assemblies for the given packages.
 .Sp


@@ -248,36 +262,13 @@ This will instruct the compiler to reference the System.* libraries
 available on a typical dotnet framework installation, notice that this
 does not include all of the Mono libraries, only the System.* ones.  This
 is a convenient shortcut for those porting code.
 available on a typical dotnet framework installation, notice that this
 does not include all of the Mono libraries, only the System.* ones.  This
 is a convenient shortcut for those porting code.

-.TP
-.I \-pkg:olive
-Use this to reference the "Olive" libraries (the 3.0 and 3.5 extended
-libraries).
-.TP
-.I \-pkg:silver
-References the assemblies for creating Moonlight/Silverlight
-applications.
-.TP
-.I \-pkg:silverdesktop
-Use this option to create Moonlight/Silverlight applications that
-target the desktop.   This option allows developers to consume the
-Silverlight APIs with the full 2.0 profile API available to them,
-unlike 
-.I smcs 
-it gives full access to all the APIs that are part of Mono.  The only
-downside is that applications created with silverdesktop will not run
-on the browser.   Typically these applications will be launched
-with the 
-.I mopen
-command line tool.
-.TP
-For more details see the PACKAGE section in this document

 .ne
 .RE
 .TP
 .I \-platform:ARCH
 Used to specify the target platform. The possible values are: anycpu,
 .ne
 .RE
 .TP
 .I \-platform:ARCH
 Used to specify the target platform. The possible values are: anycpu,

-x86, x64 or itanium. As of June 2009, the Mono runtime only have support
-to emit anycpu and x86 assemblies.
+anycpu32bitpreferred, arm, x86, x64 or itanium. The default option is
+anycpu.

 .TP
 .I -resource:RESOURCE[,ID]
 Embeds to the given resource file.  The optional ID can be used to
 .TP
 .I -resource:RESOURCE[,ID]
 Embeds to the given resource file.  The optional ID can be used to


@@ -529,21 +520,21 @@ funded by Ximian, Novell and Marek Safar.
 .SH LICENSE
 The Mono Compiler Suite is released under the terms of the GNU GPL or
 the MIT X11.  Please read the accompanying `COPYING' file for details.
 .SH LICENSE
 The Mono Compiler Suite is released under the terms of the GNU GPL or
 the MIT X11.  Please read the accompanying `COPYING' file for details.

-Alternative licensing for the compiler is available from Novell.
+Alternative licensing for the compiler is available from Xamarin.

 .PP
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .PP
 .SH SEE ALSO

-csharp(1), mdb(1), mono(1), mopen(1), pkg-config(1), sn(1)
+csharp(1), mono(1), pkg-config(1), sn(1)

 .PP
 .SH BUGS
 To report bugs in the compiler, you must file them on our bug tracking
 system, at:
 .PP
 .SH BUGS
 To report bugs in the compiler, you must file them on our bug tracking
 system, at:

-http://www.mono-project.com/Bugs 
+http://www.mono-project.com/community/bugs/

 .SH MAILING LIST
 .SH MAILING LIST

-The Mono Mailing lists are listed at http://www.mono-project.com/Mailing_Lists
+The Mono Mailing lists are listed at http://www.mono-project.com/community/help/mailing-lists/

 .SH MORE INFORMATION
 The Mono C# compiler was developed by Novell, Inc
 .SH MORE INFORMATION
 The Mono C# compiler was developed by Novell, Inc

-(http://www.novell.com, http) and is based on the
+(http://www.novell.com) and Xamarin Inc (http://www.xamarin.com) is based on the

 ECMA C# language standard available here:
 http://www.ecma.ch/ecma1/STAND/ecma-334.htm
 .PP
 ECMA C# language standard available here:
 http://www.ecma.ch/ecma1/STAND/ecma-334.htm
 .PP

-The home page for the Mono C# compiler is at http://www.mono-project.com/CSharp_Compiler
+The home page for the Mono C# compiler is at http://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/languages/csharp/