At 09:51 AM 7/6/2001 -0500, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
> > I'm not sure we need a separate flag for optimization level and
> > assumptions, but if we do something more like what Compaq C does:
> >
> > -optimize=(level=5,inline) -assume=(nosub_redefinition,notype_change)
>
>The () will unleash the hell in UNIX shells.
>
> > Yes, I know it's wordier, but the above can be abbreviated to:
> >
> > -o=(5,in) -a=(nosub,notype)
> >
> > which isn't bad at all.
>
>Just drop the () and if someone needs spaces in the arguments they'll
>use whatever the CLI needs to quote those.
Fair enough. The parens are nice but hardly required.
>And before someone pipes in with -O, I remind that we want to be
>portable so we can't assume case-sensitive CLIs.
Yep. Besides, case-sensitive single-character are a royal pain to remember
(ignoring the whole "every program has a mildly different set" problem),
and really are a bit of a hack wedged in to avoid multi-character switches.
And since we're not going to, the potential confusion just doesn't seem
worth the keystroke savings.
Dan
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