Silly C++ formatting of error messages.

[Phil Edwards]

Mo McKinlay <mmckinlay@labs.interopen.org>:
> Continuing on the subject of rc files, I'd like to add:
[snip]
> Abbreviated to:
>
> @<filename>

Just like VC++?  :-)


> Which would override the default ~/.gccrc (or whatever), and would also
> allow makefiles to circumvent *some* problems regardling maximum
> command-line lengths.

I use the -specs=foo option for things like this, when I want to pass
additional parameters.  Put the additional flags in the local 'foo'
file (the trick is getting the specs file format exactly right; it is
not meant to be used directly by humans like this).  This helps with
the max command-line length problem.

Files like .gccrc that take effect magically and silently open up a can
of worms like you said, and MHO is that it's more trouble than it's worth.


Luck++;
Phil