Subject: Bug#4429: gcc argument validation could be better

From: <[email-masked]>(Bruce Perens)
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 1996 00:25:50 -0500

Package: gcc

> echo > foo.c
> gcc -Aa foo.c
*Initialization*:1: missing token-sequence in `#assert'

I guess this is worth forwarding to the upstream maintainer.

GCC could validate the format of the -A flag better. The message
currently generated by a badly-formatted argument is less than
informative.

	Thanks

	Bruce

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From: [email-masked] (David Engel)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 11:27:10 -0500 (CDT)

Bruce Perens writes:
> Version: 2.7.2.1-1

Well, it's kind of hard to validate the free-form argument to the -A
flag, since any error will look the same as any other, obscure, syntax
error.  I'll pass you suggestion along anyway, though.

David
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