On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 02:59:46AM +0100, Marek Polacek wrote: > This patch clarifies the error message when using e.g. -Obar option, > except non-negative numbers we accept some other levels too. > Bootstrapped on x86_64-linux. Ok for trunk? > > 2013-01-04 Marek Polacek <pola...@redhat.com> > > PR middle-end/55859 > * opts.c (default_options_optimization): Clarify error message. > > --- gcc/opts.c.mp 2013-01-04 02:48:33.116785922 +0100 > +++ gcc/opts.c 2013-01-04 02:48:51.729870314 +0100 > @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ > /* Command line option handling. > Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, > - 2012 > - > + 2012, 2013 > Free Software Foundation, Inc. > Contributed by Neil Booth. > > @@ -543,7 +542,8 @@ default_options_optimization (struct gcc > const int optimize_val = integral_argument (opt->arg); > if (optimize_val == -1) > error_at (loc, > - "argument to %qs should be a non-negative integer", > + "argument to %qs should be a non-negative integer, " > + "'g', 's', or 'fast'", > "-O");
I wonder what is the point of using %qs with a fixed string, and ' should be probably replaced by %< and %>, so perhaps "argument to %<-O%> should be a non-negative integer, " "%<s%>, %<g%> or %<fast%>"); Jakub