[m-rev.] for review: delete the bytecode backend

[Julien Fischer]

On Sat, 13 Apr 2024, Zoltan Somogyi wrote:

> Delete the bytecode backend.
> 
> NEWS.md:
>     Announce the deletion of the --generate-bytecode mmc option,
>     which was the only visible part of the deleted backend.
> 
> bytecode:
>     Delete this directory, and all its files.
> 
> compiler/bytecode*m:
>     Delete these files.
> 
> compiler/options.m:
> doc/user_guide.texi:
>     Delete the --generate-bytecode option.
> 
> compiler/mercury_compile_middle_passes.m:
>     Delete the code that used to invoke the deleted backend.
> 
> compiler/file_names.m:
>     Delete the representations of the filenames used by the deleted backend.
> 
> compiler/backend_libs.m:
> compiler/builtin_ops.m:
> compiler/code_model.m:
> compiler/llds_out_file.m:
> compiler/llds_out_util.m:
> compiler/mercury_compile_main.m:
> compiler/proc_gen.m:
> configure.ac:
>     Conform to the changes above.
> 
> compiler/notes/compiler_design.html:
>     Delete the description of the bytecode backend, and move the one remaining
>     reference to it to the past tense.

That's fine.

Julien.