On Sat, 19 Mar 2022 at 17:10, James K. Lowden wrote:
> > > 3. The "f" stands for "flag", meaning on/off.
> >
> > It does stand for "flag", and it looks like at some point in ancient
> > history if was on/off, but then came options like -falign-loops=N.
>
> IME, someone made a mistake in the past,
On Sat, 19 Mar 2022 at 17:53, David Edelsohn wrote:
> The %{} syntax is the "Specs language" used for options processing by
> GCC. It is not related to autoconf. The options processing is
> handled in gcc.c. Please see the comment in gcc/gcc.cc beginning with
> "The Specs Language".
And https:/
On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 1:11 PM James K. Lowden
wrote:
>
> I'm collecting my remarks in one reply here, hopefully for easier
> reading. I want to offer my thanks, and also my assessment of the
> situation as I understand it. My critique is intended as purely
> constructive.
>
> I understand vagu
I'm collecting my remarks in one reply here, hopefully for easier
reading. I want to offer my thanks, and also my assessment of the
situation as I understand it. My critique is intended as purely
constructive.
I understand vaguely what's going on. I'll use the -findicator-column=
form because
On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 12:21:36PM -0400, James K. Lowden wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:45:33 -0400
> Marek Polacek wrote:
>
> Hi Marek,
>
> > Let's avoid -f-foo; use -ffoo instead, like the rest of GCC.
>
> Sure. I hadn't noticed the distinction.
>
> > > In cobol/lang.opt, I have:
> > >
On Thu, 17 Mar 2022, James K. Lowden wrote:
> That's good to know; at least you're not telling me it's horribly out
> of date. I am puzzled, though, because AFAICT that document doen't
> indicate why a leading "f" or trailing "=" controls whether or not an
> option taking an argument is passed to
On Thu, 17 Mar 2022 at 16:22, James K. Lowden wrote:
>
> On Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:45:33 -0400
> Marek Polacek wrote:
>
> Hi Marek,
>
> > Let's avoid -f-foo; use -ffoo instead, like the rest of GCC.
>
> Sure. I hadn't noticed the distinction.
There are no existing options of the form -f-foo, only -f
On Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:45:33 -0400
Marek Polacek wrote:
Hi Marek,
> Let's avoid -f-foo; use -ffoo instead, like the rest of GCC.
Sure. I hadn't noticed the distinction.
> > In cobol/lang.opt, I have:
> >
> > indicator-column
>
> Make this 'findicator-column='. Does that help?
Yes, with t
On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 02:34:09PM -0400, James K. Lowden wrote:
> [I sent this to gcc-help by mistake. I'm reposting it here in case
> anyone has a suggestion. I did take dje's advice, and deleted the build
> directory, except that I preserved config.status and regenerated
> Makefile. The observe
[I sent this to gcc-help by mistake. I'm reposting it here in case
anyone has a suggestion. I did take dje's advice, and deleted the build
directory, except that I preserved config.status and regenerated
Makefile. The observed behavior remains unchanged. TIA.]
https://git.symas.net:443/cobolworx
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