> applications will just work, but introducing the very serious risk of > security problems, leading to, say: > > gcc: dj:yourpassword:1234:567:DJ: invalid argument > > instead of > > gcc: @/etc/passwd: invalid argument
If you want to use gcc to read a file, you get a closer likeness to the data with: gcc -E -C -x c /etc/passwdPolluting argument name space seems more worrying. A long option would not create
such ambiguities.