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CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# Contributing to the P4 Compiler Project (p4c)
+# Contributing to the P4 Compiler Project (P4C)
 
-Thank you for considering contributing to the P4 Compiler Project (p4c)! Your contributions are valuable and help improve the project for everyone. Before getting started, please take a moment to review the following guidelines.
+Thank you for considering contributing to the P4 Compiler Project (P4C)! Your contributions are valuable and help improve the project for everyone. Before getting started, please take a moment to review the following guidelines.
 
 ## Coding Standard Philosophy
 

README.md

@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 [![Docker Container](https://github.com/p4lang/p4c/actions/workflows/ci-container-image.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/p4lang/p4c/actions/workflows/ci-container-image.yml)
 
 
-p4c
+P4C
 =================
 
 * [Getting started](#getting-started)
-   * [Installing packaged versions of p4c](#installing-packaged-versions-of-p4c)
-   * [Installing p4c from source](#installing-p4c-from-source)
+   * [Installing packaged versions of P4C](#installing-packaged-versions-of-p4c)
+   * [Installing P4C from source](#installing-p4c-from-source)
 * [Dependencies](#dependencies)
    * [Ubuntu dependencies](#ubuntu-dependencies)
    * [Fedora dependencies](#fedora-dependencies)
@@ -31,16 +31,16 @@ p4c
 * [P4 Compiler Onboarding](#p4-compiler-onboarding)
 * [Contact](#contact)
 
-p4c is a reference compiler for the P4 programming language.
+P4C is a reference compiler for the P4 programming language.
 It supports both P4-14 and P4-16; you can find more information about P4
 [here](http://p4.org) and the specifications for both versions of the language
 [here](https://p4.org/specs).
-One fact attesting to the level of quality and completeness of p4c's
-code is that its front-end code, mid-end code, and p4c-graphs back end
+One fact attesting to the level of quality and completeness of P4C's
+code is that its front-end code, mid-end code, and P4C-graphs back end
 are used as the basis for at least one commercially supported P4
 compiler.
 
-p4c is modular; it provides a standard frontend and midend which can be combined
+P4C is modular; it provides a standard frontend and midend which can be combined
 with a target-specific backend to create a complete P4 compiler. The goal is to
 make adding new backends easy.
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ p4c --target bmv2 --arch v1model --std p4-14 my-p4-14-prog.p4
 ```
 
 By adding the option `--p4runtime-files <filename>.txt` as shown in
-the example commands below, p4c will also create a file
+the example commands below, P4C will also create a file
 `<filename>.txt`.  This is a text format "P4Info" file, containing a
 description of the tables and other objects in your P4 program that
 have an auto-generated control plane API.
@@ -128,13 +128,13 @@ dot -Tpdf ParserImpl.dot > ParserImpl.pdf
 
 # Getting started
 
-## Installing packaged versions of p4c
+## Installing packaged versions of P4C
 
-p4c has package support for several Ubuntu and Debian distributions.
+P4C has package support for several Ubuntu and Debian distributions.
 
 ### Ubuntu
 
-A p4c package is available in the following repositories for Ubuntu 20.04 and newer.
+A P4C package is available in the following repositories for Ubuntu 20.04 and newer.
 
 ```bash
 source /etc/lsb-release
@@ -155,20 +155,20 @@ sudo apt update
 sudo apt install p4lang-p4c
 ```
 
-If you cannot use a repository to install p4c, you can download the `.deb` file
+If you cannot use a repository to install P4C, you can download the `.deb` file
 for your release and install it manually. You need to download a new file each
-time you want to upgrade p4c.
+time you want to upgrade P4C.
 
 1. Go to [p4lang-p4c package page on OpenSUSE Build Service](https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:p4lang/p4lang-p4c), click on
 "Download package" and choose your operating system version.
 
-2. Install p4c, changing the path below to the path where you downloaded the package.
+2. Install P4C, changing the path below to the path where you downloaded the package.
 
 ```bash
 sudo dpkg -i /path/to/package.deb
 ```
 
-## Installing p4c from source
+## Installing P4C from source
 1.  Clone the repository. It includes submodules, so be sure to use
     `--recursive` to pull them in:
     ```
@@ -248,12 +248,12 @@ sudo dpkg -i /path/to/package.deb
     p4c -b bmv2-ss-p4org program.p4 -o program.bmv2.json
     ```
 
-If you plan to contribute to p4c, you'll find more useful information
+If you plan to contribute to P4C, you'll find more useful information
 [here](#development-tools).
 
 # Dependencies
 
-Ubuntu 20.04 is the officially supported platform for p4c. There's also
+Ubuntu 20.04 is the officially supported platform for P4C. There's also
 unofficial support for macOS 11. Other platforms are untested; you can try to
 use them, but YMMV.
 
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ use them, but YMMV.
   (2.38.0 or higher).
 
 Backends may have additional dependencies. The dependencies for the backends
-included with `p4c` are documented here:
+included with `P4C` are documented here:
   * [BMv2](backends/bmv2/README.md)
   * [eBPF](backends/ebpf/README.md)
   * [graphs](backends/graphs/README.md)
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ For documentation building:
 sudo apt-get install -y doxygen graphviz texlive-full
 ```
 
-`p4c` also depends on Google Protocol Buffers (Protobuf). `p4c` requires version
+`P4C` also depends on Google Protocol Buffers (Protobuf). `P4C` requires version
 3.0 or higher, so the packaged version provided in Ubuntu 20.04 **should**
 work. However, P4C typically installs its own version of Protobuf using CMake's `FetchContent` module
 (at the moment, 3.25.3). If you are experiencing issues with the Protobuf version shipped with your OS distribution, we recommend that to install Protobuf 3.25.3 from source. You can find instructions
@@ -311,13 +311,13 @@ After cloning Protobuf and before you build, check-out version 3.25.3:
 `git checkout v3.25.3`
 
 Please note that while all Protobuf versions newer than 3.0 should work for
-`p4c` itself, you may run into trouble with some extensions and other p4lang
+P4C itself, you may run into trouble with some extensions and other p4lang
 projects unless you install version 3.25.3.
 
-`p4c` also depends on Google Abseil library. This library is also a pre-requisite for Protobuf of any version newer than 3.21. Therefore the use of Protobuf of suitable version automatically fulfils Abseil dependency. P4C typically installs its own version of Abseil using CMake's `FetchContent` module (Abseil LTS 20240116.1 at the moment).
+P4C also depends on Google Abseil library. This library is also a pre-requisite for Protobuf of any version newer than 3.21. Therefore the use of Protobuf of suitable version automatically fulfils Abseil dependency. P4C typically installs its own version of Abseil using CMake's `FetchContent` module (Abseil LTS 20240116.1 at the moment).
 
 ### CMake
-p4c requires a CMake version of at least 3.16.3 or higher. On older systems, a newer version of CMake can be installed using `pip3 install --user cmake==3.16.3`. We have a CI test on Ubuntu 18.04 that uses this option, but there is no guarantee that this will lead to a successful build.
+P4C requires a CMake version of at least 3.16.3 or higher. On older systems, a newer version of CMake can be installed using `pip3 install --user cmake==3.16.3`. We have a CI test on Ubuntu 18.04 that uses this option, but there is no guarantee that this will lead to a successful build.
 
 ## Fedora dependencies
 
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ Installing on macOS:
   brew install doxygen graphviz
   ```
   Homebrew offers a `protobuf` formula. It installs version 3.2, which should
-  work for p4c itself but may cause problems with some extensions. It's
+  work for P4C itself but may cause problems with some extensions. It's
   preferable to use the version of Protobuf which is supplied with CMake's fetchcontent (3.25.3).
 
   The `protobuf` formula requires the following CMake variables to be set,
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ Installing on macOS:
 ## Garbage collector
 
 P4c relies on [BDW garbage collector](https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc)
-to manage its memory.  By default, the p4c executables are linked with
+to manage its memory.  By default, the P4C executables are linked with
 the garbage collector library.  When the GC causes problems, this can
 be disabled by setting `ENABLE_GC` cmake option to `OFF`.  However,
 this will dramatically increase the memory usage by the compiler, and
@@ -434,16 +434,16 @@ documentation. The HTML output is available in
 
 ## Git setup
 
-Occasionally formatting commits are applied to p4c. These pollute the git history. To ignore these commits in git blame, run this command
+Occasionally formatting commits are applied to P4C. These pollute the git history. To ignore these commits in git blame, run this command
 ```git config blame.ignoreRevsFile .git-blame-ignore-revs```
 
-The p4c code base is subject to a series of linter checks which are checked by CI. To avoid failing these checks and wasting unnecessary CI cycles and resources, you can install [git commit hooks](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Hooks) by running
+The P4C code base is subject to a series of linter checks which are checked by CI. To avoid failing these checks and wasting unnecessary CI cycles and resources, you can install [git commit hooks](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Hooks) by running
 ```./tools/install_git_hooks.sh```
 These commit hooks will run on every commit and check the files you are planning to commit with cpplint and clang-format.
 
 # Docker
 
-A Dockerfile is included. You can generate an image which contains a copy of p4c
+A Dockerfile is included. You can generate an image which contains a copy of P4C
 in `/p4c/build` by running:
 
 ```
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ docker build -t p4c .
 
 On some platforms Docker limits the memory usage of any container, even
 containers used during the `docker build` process. On macOS in particular the
-default is 2GB, which is not enough to build p4c. Increase the memory limit to
+default is 2GB, which is not enough to build P4C. Increase the memory limit to
 at least 4GB via Docker preferences or you are likely to see "internal compiler
 errors" from gcc which are caused by low memory.
 
@@ -467,9 +467,9 @@ We run continuous integration to ensure this works with the latest version of
 Bazel.
 
 We also provide a [`p4_library` rule](bazel/p4_library.bzl) for invoking
-p4c during the build process of 3rd party Bazel projects.
+P4C during the build process of 3rd party Bazel projects.
 
-See [bazel/example](bazel/example) for an example of how to use or extend p4c in
+See [bazel/example](bazel/example) for an example of how to use or extend P4C in
 your own Bazel project. You may use it as a template to get you started.
 
 # Build system
@@ -518,15 +518,15 @@ Python files should be added to the black and isort target using the following r
 add_black_files (${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} "${MY_SOURCES_AND_HEADERS}")
 ```
 
-The p4c CMakeLists.txt will use that name to figure the full path of the files to lint.
+The P4C CMakeLists.txt will use that name to figure the full path of the files to lint.
 
 clang-format, black, and isort need to be installed before the linter can be used. They can be installed with the following command:
 ```
 pip3 install --user "clang-format==18.1.0" "black==24.3.0" "isort==5.13.2"
 ```
 clang-format can be checked using the `make clang-format` command. Complaints can be fixed by running `make clang-format-fix-errors`. black and isort can be checked using the `make black` or `make isort` command respectively. Complaints can be fixed by running `make black-fix-errors` or `make isort-fix-errors`.
 
-cpplint, clang-format, and black/isort run as checks as port of p4c's continuous integration process. To make sure that these tests pass, we recommend installing the appropriate git hooks. This can be done by running
+cpplint, clang-format, and black/isort run as checks as port of P4C's continuous integration process. To make sure that these tests pass, we recommend installing the appropriate git hooks. This can be done by running
 ```
 ./tools/install_git_hooks.sh
 ```
@@ -584,14 +584,14 @@ See the documentation for
 [`p4c_add_tests`](cmake/P4CUtils.cmake) for more information on the
 arguments to these macros.
 
-To pass custom arguments to p4c, you can set the environment variable `P4C_ARGS`:
+To pass custom arguments to P4C, you can set the environment variable `P4C_ARGS`:
 ```
 make check P4C_ARGS="-Xp4c=MY_CUSTOM_FLAG"
 ```
 
-When making changes to p4c, it is sometimes useful to be able to run
+When making changes to P4C, it is sometimes useful to be able to run
 the tests while overwriting the expected output files that are saved
-in this repository.  One such situation is when your changes to p4c
+in this repository.  One such situation is when your changes to P4C
 cause the names of compiler-generated local variables to change.  To
 force the expected output files to be rewritten while running the
 tests, assign a value to the shell environment variable
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ P4TEST_REPLACE=1 make check
 
 Define rules to install your backend. Typically you need to install
 the binary, the additional architecture headers, and the configuration
-file for the p4c driver.
+file for the P4C driver.
 
 ```
 install (TARGETS p4c-mybackend
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ Educational material on P4:
 - Introduction to P4Runtime: [Next-Gen SDN Tutorial - Session 1: P4 and P4Runtime Basics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRx92qSLgo4)
 
 # Contact
-We appreciate your contributions and look forward to working with you to improve the P4 Compiler Project (p4c)!
+We appreciate your contributions and look forward to working with you to improve the P4 Compiler Project (P4C)!
 - For further assistance or questions regarding contributions, reach out to us in our [community chat](https://p4-lang.slack.com/).  [Joining link](https://join.slack.com/t/p4-lang/shared_invite/zt-a9pe96br-Th73ueaBAwJw1ZbD_z1Rpg) .
 - For general P4-related questions, use the [P4 forum](https://forum.p4.org/).
 - For other communication channels click [here](https://p4.org/join/).

backends/graphs/README.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ file formats.
 
 ## Dependencies
 
-In addition to other p4c dependencies, this backend requires the Boost graph
+In addition to other P4C dependencies, this backend requires the Boost graph
 headers. On a Debian system, they can be installed with `sudo apt-get install
 libboost-graph-dev`.
 

backends/p4tools/modules/testgen/targets/bmv2/test/README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CMake Files:
 
 How to Run tests:
 =====================
-1) All p4c submodule tests are tagged with 'testgen-p4c-bmv2' label
+1) All P4C submodule tests are tagged with 'testgen-p4c-bmv2' label
    - cd build/testgen
    - ctest -R testgen-p4c-bmv2
 

bazel/example/README.md

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Bazel example ![bazel build](https://github.com/p4lang/p4c/workflows/bazel/badge.svg)
 
-This folder contains a toy Bazel project depending on p4c. This is to
+This folder contains a toy Bazel project depending on P4C. This is to
 demonstrate how to:
 
-- set up a Bazel workspace that depends on p4c,
+- set up a Bazel workspace that depends on P4C,
 
-- use the `p4_library` rule to invoke p4c during the Bazel build process, and
+- use the `p4_library` rule to invoke P4C during the Bazel build process, and
 
 - define custom IR extensions.
 

docs/CodingStandardPhilosophy.md

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ aspects that are overlooked. Therefore, please take the time to think
 through the information you want to convey and write good, explicit
 error messages.
 
-An additional goal of the p4c compiler is to provide as many error
+An additional goal of the P4C compiler is to provide as many error
 messages as possible in one go. Therefore, while there is support for
 `FATAL_ERROR`s, it is desirable to try to continue execution and
 report all possible errors, using the `error` and `warning`

docs/Eclipse-readme.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Setting up Eclipse
 
-Use the following installation steps to setup an Eclipse development environment for p4c.
+Use the following installation steps to setup an Eclipse development environment for P4C.
 Note that the following assumes you have already performed the preliminary environment
 bootstrap, as described in [README](README.md).
 

docs/README.md

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ p4c
 ├── tools                     -- external programs used in the build/test process
 │   ├── ci-ptf                -- scripts to run PSA PTF tests
 │   ├── debian-build          -- resources and scripts for creating Ubuntu (or Debian) packages
-│   ├── driver                -- p4c compiler driver: a script that invokes various compilers
+│   ├── driver                -- P4C compiler driver: a script that invokes various compilers
 │   ├── hooks                 -- useful git hooks for development
 |   ├── ir-generator          -- code to generate the P4C IR from .def files
 │   ├── iwyu_mappings         -- mappings used by the Include What You Use (IWYU) tool for analyzing #include directives in C and C++ source files
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ tests are run with a "recently built" version of `simple_switch` from
 the
 [p4lang/behavioral-model](https://github.com/p4lang/behavioral-model)
 repository, but it can be several hours old.  If you are working on
-p4c features that rely on newly committed changes to `simple_switch`
-you can find out which `simple_switch` version these p4c automated
+P4C features that rely on newly committed changes to `simple_switch`
+you can find out which `simple_switch` version these P4C automated
 tests are using at the link below:
 
 + [https://hub.docker.com/r/p4lang/behavioral-model/builds](https://hub.docker.com/r/p4lang/behavioral-model/builds)
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ makefile variable.
 p4c_PYTHON += p4c.custom.cfg
 ```
 
-There is an global variable `config` in p4c compiler driver that stores the build steps
+There is an global variable `config` in the `p4c` compiler driver that stores the build steps
 for a particular target. By default, the bmv2 and ebpf backends are supported. Each backend
 is identified with a triplet: **target-arch-vendor**. For example, the default bmv2 backend is
 identified as `bmv2-ss-p4org`. Users may choose to implement different architectures running
@@ -358,5 +358,5 @@ config.target.append("bmv2-newarch-p4org")
 
 After adding the new configuration file, rerun `bootstrap.sh`
 
-For testing purpose, p4c will be installed in the build/ directory when executing `make`.
-User can install `p4c` to other system path by running `make install`
+For testing purposes, `p4c` will be installed in the build/ directory when executing `make`.
+Users can install `p4c` to other system path by running `make install`