Brooks Moses <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anyhow, if I try this, I get the following error (trimmed slightly for > clarity): > > gcc -c [...] ../../svn-source/gcc/genconstants.c > In file included from tm.h:7, > from ../../svn-source/gcc/genconstants.c:32: > options.h:659: error: redefinition of `OPT_ffixed_line_length_' > options.h:657: error: `OPT_ffixed_line_length_' previously defined > here > > This is because both the '=' and the '-' in the option name reduce to a > '_' in the enumeration name, which of course causes the enumerator to > get defined twice -- and that's a problem, even though I'm quite happy > for the options to both be treated identically. > > There's not really any good way around this problem, is there?
I didn't see anyone mention this in the thread, so FWIW, we already have this problem with -finline-limit. The option scripts deal with it as a special case. I'm not saying that we should continue to do it like that... a more general approach is probably better. I just wanted to point out that there was precedent. Richard
