Do people find the "Option Summary" in the GCC manual useful?

Sandra Loosemore sloosemore@baylibre.com
Mon Oct 27 02:03:40 GMT 2025


On 10/26/25 19:27, Joel Sherrill wrote:
> FWIW I search the info for the string until I hit the description.
> 
> What I have been in need of recently is knowing when they first 
> appeared. That can be done with git or manual archeology but if it was a 
> standard part of documenting an option, that might e useful to more than 
> just me.

Feel free to contribute a patch to add that information.  ;-)

"git blame" on the .opt files works pretty well for things added since 
we started using .opt files (2003?).

-Sandra



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