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Re: integrated -save-temps and the death of specs
- From: Aldy Hernandez <aldyh at redhat dot com>
- To: Stan Shebs <shebs at apple dot com>
- Cc: Richard Kenner <kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 15:54:57 +1100
- Subject: Re: integrated -save-temps and the death of specs
>> i agree that we have to provide a mechanism for user configurability,
>> but not at the expense of unreadability. who can argue that the spec
>> file at the end of this message is readable, easy to update, and
>> debuggable? (that's just a random one picked).
>
> I must be an old fogey then - the spec string doesn't seem any
> worse than the C code. :-)
i should pull out some code from a yet to be contributed mips port
that will make you cry.
how about specs that have the equivalent of:
foo && (!bar && hot || geez || x) && (f || z)
>
> Stan
>
>
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