Standard Compatibility [was: Re: New Alpha]_(re)

Sat, 5 Apr 1997 02:37:24 +0100 (WET DST)

On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Nils Bokermann wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I don't like the idea of a local (user) configuration file as GPC.CFG or
> ..gpcrc. There is a way of doing it in a makefile. If someone _needs_ a compiler
> which is a borland like compiler for standard, might there be a compile-time
> switch? Let's consider something like 
> ../configure --try-to-be-a-borland-compiler or 
> ../configure --use-standard-pascal.
> 

Oh no! 
This is a support nightmare. Imagine people complaining "my gpc does XYZ
when I feed it this ABC source!". Then we would have to find out _what_
GPC they have in first place. The confusion caused by rapidly changing GPC
revsions and a number of different platform specific problems is enough,
IMHO. Unless yet another option were added which would dump all options
passed at build time, and _everybody_ would faithfully mention this in
bugreports....

Greetings,
JanJaap

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