Re: [gobo-eiffel-develop] Re: defines for geant

[Andreas L. <no...@sb...>]

On Mon, 2001-10-22 at 23:33, Eric Bezault wrote:
> Andreas Leitner wrote:
> > 
> > Yep, short options are also allowed. But for short options the '=' is
> > disallowed. Some apps take accept the value just with a space,
> 
> But here '=' is not meant to separate the option from its value,
> but is equivalent to the second '=' in:
> 
>   --define="name=value"
> 
> (whose double quote characters will be removed by  the
> underlying shell before being passed to the application
> if I remember correctly).

That is correct, indeed. That actuall string received by the app would
be --define=name=value

> Moreover isn't the -D option the way C compilers define
> preprocessor values?

Correct again. But to me the -Dvar=val looks a little awked. Since the
value part is variable (Dvar), it is for example not parsable via
optimus.

But then again, --define=name=value is awked too. Hmmm, dunno.

Andreas