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Re: 3.3-branch QA assessment
On Jan 27, 2003, Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> writes:
Alexandre> Still, there's something I don't understand: why is it that
Alexandre> we actually use an object file with a `$' character in its
Alexandre> name? Couldn't we just name it something else?
> The source file also has a `$' in its name; in the problem case we are
> compiling from bytecode. This is not avoidable by any reasonable
> effort. Do you think that renaming the output file would really help?
It would help, but the input file would still cause problems. Would
it not be possible to copy the input file to a different name that
doesn't have a $ character, and proceed from there?
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