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Re: Deprecation of -fdefault-* options
- From: Steve Kargl <sgk at troutmask dot apl dot washington dot edu>
- To: FX <fxcoudert at gmail dot com>
- Cc: "Dominique d'Humières" <dominiq at lps dot ens dot fr>, fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 13:20:15 -0800
- Subject: Re: Deprecation of -fdefault-* options
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- References: <221F31AF-C83E-45C6-B5CA-4B6CDA59D905 at lps dot ens dot fr> <20151224234350 dot GA95483 at troutmask dot apl dot washington dot edu> <314ADDBF-CF58-4437-8962-65B8CA8F2B82 at lps dot ens dot fr> <20151225185148 dot GA99820 at troutmask dot apl dot washington dot edu> <B22F0C72-937D-4229-845B-83EDF309760D at lps dot ens dot fr> <49FF43ED-801B-4987-8474-9816B3989241 at lps dot ens dot fr> <7EE56CCF-07D2-43BD-A9B3-D61EF377D2D6 at gmail dot com> <20151225205055 dot GB428 at troutmask dot apl dot washington dot edu>
On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 12:50:55PM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 08:46:40PM +0100, FX wrote:
> > I am strongly against removing user options that are widely used
> > (including in established libraries and software build systems),
> > are well defined and documented (including their downsides), and
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > do not pose maintainance issues.
>
> Well, therein lies the problem. The -fdefault-* options are
> not well-defined.
>
> >
> > We can document them better if need be. We can warn about them, maybe.
> >
>
> You're assuming users read the documentation.
>
In case, you and others think -fdefault-* isn't confusing,
google is your friend.
http://glennklockwood.blogspot.com/2014/02/linux-perf-libquadmath-and-gfortrans.html
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Steve