Re: Doc is misleading

[Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad@users.sourceforge.net>]

Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> Matthew Woehlke writes:
>> I don't care if it gives a 500 page dissertation on the meaning of
>> life. :-) 'info gcc' says this:
>>
>> <quote>
>>   You can mix options and other arguments.  For the most part, the order
>> you use doesn't matter.  Order does matter when you use several options
>> of the same kind; for example, if you specify `-L' more than once, the
>> directories are searched in the order specified.
>> </quote>
>>
>> ...which IMO is misleading and should be fixed. While it might be nice
>> if we did, I don't think it is critical that we explain things here in
>> depth, as long as we /avoid/ giving the impression that no explanation
>> is needed, and that things work a particular way /which is wrong/. Two
>> or three sentences would be a great convenience, but even just /one/
>> could save a lot of headaches.
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion.  I just committed this patch to help avoid
> this problem in future releases.
> 
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2007-05/msg01558.html

Awesome, thanks Ian! I had to read it twice to fully catch it, but your 
wording "the *placement* of [-l]..." is actually a /very/ good way of 
saying this :-).

-- 
Matthew
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