From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bruce Korb To: Davy Durham Cc: Neil Booth , gcc@gcc.gnu.org, "Chris G . Demetriou" Subject: Re: [RFC] Let's kill specs, completely rewrite gcc.c Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 09:29:00 -0000 Message-id: <3A59F811.24B85A21@sco.com> References: <20010107131442.B24550@daikokuya.demon.co.uk> <3A59EAF8.3F1300A2@wcom.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-01/msg00359.html Davy Durham wrote: > > Let me take your argument one step further.... > > The following is something I've been looking around for for a while... I've > not seen anything quite powerful enough though... Perhaps this message will > cause someone to remember something they saw some time.... > What I would propose is to start a new project (perhaps a subproject in gcc > or a totally separate one) that is a very powerful comand line parser.... http://AutoGen.SourceForge.net/autoopts It would require some enhancements, but a *lot* of the stuff is already in place.... > What I'm really trying to say is: perhaps focus your efforts on something more > powerful and more general that just rewritting something for gcc.c There are others out there, but mine is the only one that approaches having enough feature-itis to be able to cope with the complex requirements of the GCC suite. Even still, there would be some assembly required... :-} - Bruce