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"); else { Marek