On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 09:21:51AM -0500, Bill Schmidt wrote:
> > On Aug 13, 2017, at 3:41 PM, Martin Sebor <mse...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> --- gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000-c.c (revision 250965)
> >> +++ gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000-c.c (working copy)
> >> @@ -5812,7 +5812,7 @@ altivec_resolve_overloaded_builtin (location_t loc
> >> types. */
> >> if (nargs != 2)
> >> {
> >> - error ("vec_mul only accepts 2 arguments");
> >> + error ("builtin %qs only accepts 2 arguments", "vec_mul");
> >
> > I don' meant to nit-pick too much but it has been drilled into me
> > that the term is built-in, not builtin. There are a number of
> > deviations from this preferred spelling in GCC messages already
> > (mainly though not exclusively in the rs600 back-end) but I think
> > it would be nice to converge on the preferred spelling.
>
> Martin, while I agree with you in principle, for now I have used up the time I
> have available for messing with diagnostics, so I'm going to go ahead with
> what we have for now. Spelling patches are of course welcome. :-)
"built-in" as a noun is not a word (other than referring to furniture).
GCC uses "builtin" in all command line options and function names
already. Also see https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2001-06/msg00774.html
(and there was a more recent discussion but I can't find it).
Patches of course welcome; in this particular case, "builtin" can just
be deleted, but that won't be true everywhere, it would be nice if error
messages stay consistent.
Segher
