-fdump-translation-unit considered harmful

[Ian Lance Taylor]

"Dams, Dennis \(Dennis\)" <dennis@research.bell-labs.com> writes:

> I'm trying to use the -fdump-translation-unit option (gcc (GCC)
> 4.1.0 20050505 (experimental)), but it does not seem to do
> anything. What's the right way to use it - should I specify any
> additional switches/options?

-fdump-translation-unit doesn't do anything in the C frontend.  The C
frontend almost generates GENERIC anyhow.  -fdump-translation-unit
does do something in the C++ frontend.  Try it when compiling a C++
file.

Ian