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Re: `--syntax-only' after error
- To: jbuck at Synopsys dot COM
- Subject: Re: `--syntax-only' after error
- From: craig at jcb-sc dot com
- Date: 17 Feb 1999 03:16:07 -0000
- Cc: peter at gerwinski dot de, egcs at egcs dot cygnus dot com, frank at tim dot gerwinski dot de
- Cc: craig at jcb-sc dot com
- References: <199902170245.SAA01426@atrus.synopsys.com>
>Exactly. If I didn't see such errors and then saw new ones when I
>recompiled, I'd be annoyed. To me, the uninitialized variable warnings
>are quite important; if I specify -Wall, I have asked for all warnings,
>not just all warnings before the first error.
That's a good point.
>Please let's consider the consequences carefully before making this
>change. Is it really that much of a performance win?
Joe, what do you think of my idea of making this not the default,
but conditional on an option like `-ffail-faster' or something?
Then, only people who really want just the first fatal diagnostic
will be the only ones affected, as only they will use the option.
tq vm, (burley)