Hi Richard,
On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 11:01 AM, Richard Smith <rich...@metafoo.co.uk>
wrote:
> On Aug 25, 2015 10:26 AM, "Filipe Cabecinhas" <
> filcab+llvm.phabrica...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > We wouldn't be able to link with libs matching
> "libinker=*.{dylib,so,...}", I guess. If that is a big problem and you'd
> prefer that we keep this as a private patch, let me know.
>
> I don't think it's a big problem, more just a "try to pick better flag
> names in future" comment :) It sounds like you guys have existing systems
> that depend on this name, so while I'm not really overjoyed about this,
> accepting it for compatibility seems OK.
>
Thanks.
> Can we produce an accompanying "deprecated" warning suggesting use of the
> other name?
>
Not on our side. If you still want the warning, I'd prefer to just keep the
flag private than to have the option+warning upstream (basically just for
PS4 toolchain use) and have a private patch to remove the warning anyway.
Let me know what you think,
Filipe
> Thank you,
> >
> > Filipe
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 6:45 PM, Richard Smith <rich...@metafoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 5:50 PM, Eric Christopher via cfe-commits <
> cfe-commits@lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> echristo added inline comments.
> >>>
> >>> ================
> >>> Comment at: include/clang/Driver/Options.td:1853
> >>> @@ -1853,1 +1852,3 @@
> >>> +def fuse_ld_EQ : Joined<["-"], "fuse-ld=">, HelpText<"Use linker
> <name>">, Group<f_Group>;
> >>> +def linker_EQ : Joined<["-"], "linker=">, Alias<fuse_ld_EQ>,
> MetaVarName<"<name>">;
> >>>
> >>> ----------------
> >>> thakis wrote:
> >>> > Any reason to have another alias for this at all? Does gcc
> understand this spelling? If not, could you limit this flag to PS4 targets?
> (I'm guessing you need it for PS4 targets for some reason.)
> >>> Any reason? (And I'm not sure how to limit it btw on target).
> >>
> >>
> >> -l already has a meaning; adding a different flag starting with -l is a
> bad idea.
> >
> >
>
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