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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 18:08:52 +0000
From: Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
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Subject: Re: RFC: --help for Driver options (was: [Patch] gcc.c: Add -foffload=
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On Wed, 30 Jun 2021, Tobias Burnus wrote:

> While looking at that issue, Jakub and I wondered whether there
> should be some warning if a Driver option has a help text,
> which never appears.

Migrating from hardcoded help text in gcc.c to using .opt help text for 
Driver options to generate --help output might be a good idea.

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Joseph S. Myers
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