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Re: Can You Put Comments Into GCC Compiler Options Files?
- From: Basile Starynkevitch <basile at starynkevitch dot net>
- To: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- Cc: "Craig Dedo" <craig at ctdedo dot com>, <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:39:21 +0100
- Subject: Re: Can You Put Comments Into GCC Compiler Options Files?
- References: <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAADwWT6ZWSIFJsr5qVFz+64/CgAAAEAAAAO1WTmtReHFMjzdDEp79oKUBAAAAAA==@ctdedo.com> <mcrtyfv4i3f.fsf@google.com>
On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:09:40 -0800
Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
>
> No comments are permitted in the contents of options files read using
> the @file syntax. The contents of the file are simply interpreted as
> command line arguments separated by whitespace. Double quotes, single
> quotes, and backslashes may be used in the usual way to add whitespace
> to arguments.
Maybe we should change that. Do people find such a change useful for 4.7?
If yes, with what comment lexical syntax? A leading # on a line?
Regards.
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