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Re: [distcc] using distcc to speed up gcc bootstraps
Alexandre Oliva wrote:-
> How do you know what is the current directory and what is the original
> file name? Are you suggesting more than one string or something like
> that? *That* would be backward-incompatible, which is something I've
> tried to avoid.
Yes, have two strings, with the second one optional and only valid at
the start of a preprocessed file. Just an idea; I think it's cleaner.
It is backwards compatible.
> > Why did your patch remove the gettext calls on the pseudo file names?
>
> Because other parts of the compiler compare source filenames with
> <built-in>, so those strings shouldn't be subject to translation.
I don't think they should be doing that. Why do they feel the need
to do that?
> Also, you wouldn't want them to be handled differently if you get a
> file preprocessed with another language enabled, would you?
No, but remember that file names appear in diagnostics.
Neil.