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Re: `--syntax-only' after error
- To: craig at jcb-sc dot com
- Subject: Re: `--syntax-only' after error
- From: Joe Buck <jbuck at Synopsys dot COM>
- Date: Wed, 17 Feb 99 14:01:38 PST
- Cc: jbuck at Synopsys dot COM, peter at gerwinski dot de, egcs at egcs dot cygnus dot com, frank at tim dot gerwinski dot de
> 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.
It wouldn't destabilize the compiler to have a way to exit on the first
error, so I wouldn't have a reason to object if the option were added.