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Re: [PATCH] Add -print-lto-plugin
On 03/10/2010 11:05, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Good point that the option makes sense on non Unix.
>
>> So I'd be in favour of adding this option, but not in it's current shape:
>> I'd like the code behind it to determine shared lib prefix and suffix
>> correctly for the platform.
>
> The new code uses the exact same method as the rest of gcc.c, which
> hard codes the file name.
That's a *bad* thing, not a good one!
> If you add some other method presumably my code could be converted
> at the same time.
I guess I just have an instinctive reaction against copy-pasting badness
into extra places than it already exists. At least it's in the same C file so
I won't be all that likely to miss it.
> But I don't think it makes sense to delay it for something that
> doesn't exist today.
Well, I see your point about not wanting to hardcode the plugin name into
makefiles.
cheers,
DaveK