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Re: Why do -ffixed-line-length and -free... use - instead of =?
Thomas Koenig wrote:
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!
Will do. A followup question: On IRC, Steve Kargl said that he'd prefer
not to have a "-max-errors=none" synonym for "-max-errors=0" in the
-max-errors patch that I submitted. The -ffixed-line-length option has
an identical interpretation: Setting the value to 0 eliminates the
limits. However, for this there is a "-ffixed-line-length-none" option.
Thus, should I leave out the "-ffixed-line-length=none" and equivalent
"-ffree..." option in the patch to rearrange these? It seems like it
would be best to be consistent with these things.
- Brooks