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Re: whither specs?
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Geoff Keating <geoffk at redhat dot com>, "gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 19:01:19 -0700
- Subject: Re: whither specs?
- Do we still want to have the 'specs' file in $(gcc_tooldir)?
No. This is a fragile mechanism and one that can be dealt with in
other ways (wrapper scripts, rebuilding from modified source).
- Do we want to keep supporting the -specs= command-line switch?
No; same reasons.
- Do we like to use specs internally?
No.
rs6000.h. Should this sort of thing be encouraged, or kept for
those situations where the alternative is too terrible to contemplate?
I would prefer to get rid of specs and use either a real extension
language (e.g., Guile) or C to do the job.
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