Now that the gcc 4.2 release is getting closer, I am resending this e-mail from Martin Michlmayr. I've removed options which I believe are sufficiently internal to not require mention in the changes file, and I've removed options which are now documented there.
Many of our users only discover new options and capabilities because of the changes files. It behooves us to let people know about the new features we have developed. Otherwise, many people will not know about them and will not use them. I don't mean to imply that every option on this list must be mentioned in the changes files. There are reasonable choices to be made. But these options should all be considered for mention. Martin, thanks for sending the original list. Ian Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:15:43 +0200 From: Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Documenting GCC 4.2 changes I went through the ChangeLog (2006 only so far) to identify command line options that should be documented in the GCC 4.2 changes page at http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.2/changes.html It would be nice if people listed below could submit patches for the command line options they added/removed during the GCC 4.2 cycle. I'm not sure how important it is to document options mostly aimed at GCC developers, but it would be great if at least changes to common user options could be documented. removals ======== 2006-02-26 Zdenek Dvorak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (-fstrength-reduce, -fprefetch-loop-arrays-rtl, -frerun-loop-opt): Remove. 2006-02-26 Steven Bosscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Remove all references to -floop-optimize and -frerun-loop-opt. 2006-02-10 Zdenek Dvorak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (-floop-optimize2): Removed. target/language changes ======================= 2006-02-07 Dirk Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (-Wsequence-point): Update documentation that -Wsequence-point is implemented for C++ as well. 2006-02-07 Eric Botcazou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> config/sol26.h (CPP_SUBTARGET_SPEC): Accept -pthread. doc/invoke.texi (SPARC options): Document -pthread. renames/changes --------------- 2006-01-21 Gabriel Dos Reis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Document that -Wnon-virtual-dtor is no longer included in -Wall. additions ========= 2006-05-04 Leehod Baruch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (-fsee): Document. 2006-04-30 Roger Sayle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Document new command line option. (Woverflow) 2006-03-24 Carlos O'Donell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Document -femit-class-debug-always 2006-03-21 Toon Moene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Document new flag -fargument-noalias-anything. 2006-02-19 Daniel Berlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Document -fipa-pta. 2006-02-18 Richard Sandiford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (-fsection-anchors): Document. 2006-02-03 Andreas Krebbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (-mlong-double-128, -mlong-double-64): Document the new options. 2006-01-31 Richard Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (-msselibm): Document. 2006-01-28 Zack Weinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> c.opt: Add -W(no-)overlength-strings. 2006-01-27 David Edelsohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (-mabi): Collect options together. Add ibmlongdouble and ieeelongdouble. 2006-01-18 DJ Delorie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Document -Werror=* 2006-01-16 Gabor Loki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Add documentation for -frtl-abstract-sequences. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/
