On 12/29/2015 12:33 AM, Yury Gribov wrote:
Hi all,
this patch reverts invalid documentation change -frandom-seed which was
introduced by myself in r216773 a year ago.
I've checked the generated man and the only test for -frandom-seed
(gcc.dg/pr61868.c).
Ok for trunk? I also want to backport to GCC5 branch.
[snip]
@@ -7464,7 +7464,7 @@ the first option takes effect and the subsequent options
are
ignored. Thus only @file{vec.miss} is produced which contains
dumps from the vectorizer about missed opportunities.
-@item -frandom-seed=@var{number}
+@item -frandom-seed=@var{string}
@opindex frandom-seed
This option provides a seed that GCC uses in place of
random numbers in generating certain symbol names
As a user reading this documentation, I wouldn't understand what kind of
string to use as an argument here, or how GCC actually uses it.
(Usually a "random seed" is something that is used to generate a
reproductible sequence of "random" numbers, not something used in place
of "random" numbers.) Can you do something to clarify the usage,
instead of just renaming the parameter?
-Sandra
