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Re: Patch to argument processing in main

To: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>
Subject: Re: Patch to argument processing in main
From: Jason Merrill <jason at cygnus dot com>
Date: 14 Oct 1999 16:59:23 -0700
Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
References: <Pine.GSO.4.20.9910150132320.14685-100000@alphard.dbai.tuwien.ac.at>

>>>>> Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at> writes:

 > On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Jason Merrill wrote:
 >> cases where it would be convenient to be able to compile code from
 >> multiple languages with the same set of flags (gcc -fwierd-stuff foo.C
 >> bar.java baz.f), so I think the error should just be backed out.
 >> 
 >> Thu Oct 14 13:54:25 1999  Jason Merrill  <jason@yorick.cygnus.com>
 >> 
 >> 	* toplev.c (main): Don't complain about options for other languages.

 > I agree that issuing an error in such cases is causing troubles, but why
 > go from one extreme to the other?

Because the other extreme (the state after my patch) is the status quo, and
I didn't feel like doing the extra work to suppress the warning for the
collect case.

 > I do believe we should not bail out nor simply ignore unsupported
 > options, but *warn* users in such cases.

Oh, all right.  I'll fix it.

Jason

References:
- Re: Patch to argument processing in main
  - From: Gerald Pfeifer

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