On Jun 30, 2014, at 2:10 PM, Alp Toker <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> On 23/06/2014 23:02, Reid Kleckner wrote:
>> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Alp Toker <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>>    Please split out and name the new dotted form something like
>>    "-msc-full-version" to avoid ambiguity.
>> 
>> 
>> I was inclinded to overload the option because it means we don't have to 
>> diagnose this case: -fmsc-version -fmsc-full-version=17.00.0.  We just do 
>> the obvious thing of "last one always wins".  Diagnosing the conflict isn't 
>> too hard, though, so let's just split the options and do exactly that in the 
>> driver.
> 
> Saleem,
> 
> Do you plan to make that change? If not I guess I can look into it..

Yes, I was waiting for a response to my last message about what we want to call 
the option.

> The reason is that this blocks some other fixes I have related to -msc-ver 
> and the diagnostic engine.

Ill call it -fmsc-version-ex then for now and we can bike shed it later if we 
want.

> 
>> 
>>        Due to
>>        bitwidth limitations of the option, it is currently not
>>        possible to define a
>>        revision value.
>> 
>> 
>>    What would be the practical burden of encoding this as 64-bits, or
>>    two 32-bit fields (one representing _MSC_BUILD and another for the
>>    rest)?
>> 
>>    Or is there a different plan to resolve the 32-bit encoding FIXMEs
>>    introduced in the commit? I suspect that getting the
>>    representation right will simplify computations below for free.
>> 
>> 
>> LangOptions are defined as unsigned bitfields, so we can't widen the full 
>> version number to 64 bits without some disruptive changes.  Lots of LangOpts 
>> shouldn't even be bitfields, for example.  If we supported that, we could 
>> easily make the full version a 64-bit int.  Failing that, we could split the 
>> build number into it's own option.
> 
> Yeah, that could work. I actually think the optimal representation may 
> involve two separate 32-bit fields, because that's the boundary at which the 
> Microsoft documentation and cl.exe appear to make the split. Will investigate 
> both options if Saleem isn't already on the case.
> 
> Alp.
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