gcj -D

[Per Bothner]

Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com> writes:

> Still, I'm not completely wedded to using "-D".  Does anybody else
> care (either way)?  Does anybody have a good suggestion for a
> replacement?  I chose "-D" because it seemed intuitive.  It does at
> compile time what "-D" does for "java" at runtime.

Exactly.  The reason for using -D for properties is that is
what JDK does, and there is something to be said for consistency.

The Java approach to selective compilation is:

   // Change to false to turn debugging tests off.
   public static final boolean DEBUG = true;
   ....
   if (DEBUG) ...;
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