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Re: Why do -ffixed-line-lengt h and -free... use - instead of =?
- From: Thomas Koenig <Thomas dot Koenig at online dot de>
- To: Brooks Moses <brooks dot moses at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 20:01:54 +0100
- Subject: Re: Why do -ffixed-line-lengt h and -free... use - instead of =?
- References: <45503B48.60807@codesourcery.com>
On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 11:52:40PM -0800, Brooks Moses wrote:
> If there's no particular reason why it's this way, I propose changing
> the current syntax to an undocumented option, and adding a new
> (documented) form of the option that uses an "=". That way, we're not
> gratuitously breaking any makefiles that use the current form, but we
> can still document it only in the form that's consistent with everything
> else.
> Comments? I'll write up a patch, if this seems like a good idea.
Go for it!
Hmm... does anybody think adding a "deprecated options" section
to the manual is a good idea?
Thomas