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Re: RFC: Named warnings
>-Efoo seemed most concise, plus it would stand out better when
>reading a long compiler line. Right now only -E by itself is
>used, so there's not really an overloading problem.
Only -E is used by gcc itself, but there many be some systems that use -Efoo
for assembler/linker options. You have to check all gcc specs files to be
sure.
I see EB, EL, and Eb are in current use by some targets to specify endianness.
Otherwise, -Efoo seems safe.
Jim