Recent changes to SyntaxCheckCompilerFlag

SyntaxCheckCompilerFlag modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:31:08 -0000

--- v14
+++ v15
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     check_compile_flag '-Wmissing-prototypes';
     check_compile_flag '-Wno-missing-prototypes' { negate; }

-Because _gcc_ will not create a warning or error when a compiler flag is prefixed with '-Wno-', it is necessary to check the compiler flag without the '-Wno-' prefix.  To do this, append a statement block to the check, and add the __negate__ attribute.
+Because _gcc_ will not create a warning or error when a compiler flag is prefixed with '-Wno-', it is necessary to check the compiler flag without the '-Wno-' prefix.  To do this, append a statement block to the [check](SyntaxCheck), and add the __negate__ attribute.

 But be aware that some warning flags such as '-Wno-poison-system-directories' for MacOS/clang do not have an opposite and cannot be tested with the __negate__ attribute.

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@

     add-compile-flag '-DNO_DEPRECATED';

-Adds a compiler flag without any check for validity.
+Adds a compiler flag without any validation.

 ##### Examples

SyntaxCheckCompilerFlag modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:06:32 -0000

--- v13
+++ v14
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

 [TOC]

-### check_compile_flag
+### check\_compile\_flag

 Checks to see if a compiler flag is valid, and if so, adds it to CFLAGS for the current profile.

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@

 * [header](SyntaxAttrHeader)
 * [name](SyntaxAttrName)
 * negate
-* [compiler_flags](SyntaxAttrCompileFlag)
+* [compiler\_flags](SyntaxAttrCompileFlag)

 [Wiki Home](Home) 
[Syntax](Syntax) 
[Checks](SyntaxCheck)

SyntaxCheckCompilerFlag modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:47:27 -0000

--- v12
+++ v13
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

 [TOC]

-### Check Compile Flag
+### check_compile_flag

 Checks to see if a compiler flag is valid, and if so, adds it to CFLAGS for the current profile.

SyntaxCheckCompilerFlag modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:44:40 -0000

--- v11
+++ v12
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@

 ##### Attributes

-* [header](SyntaxHeader)
-* [name](SyntaxName)
+* [header](SyntaxAttrHeader)
+* [name](SyntaxAttrName)

 * negate
-* [compiler_flags](SyntaxCompileFlag)
+* [compiler_flags](SyntaxAttrCompileFlag)

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[Syntax](Syntax) 
[Checks](SyntaxCheck)

SyntaxCheckCompilerFlag modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:08:48 -0000

SyntaxCheckCompilerFlag modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:21:40 -0000

SyntaxCheckCompilerFlag modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:16:57 -0000

--- v8
+++ v9
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@

 ### Check Compile Flag

+Checks to see if a compiler flag is valid, and if so, adds it to CFLAGS for the current profile.
+
     check_compile_flag '-Wmissing-prototypes';
     check_compile_flag '-Wno-missing-prototypes' { negate; }
-
-Checks to see if a compiler flag is valid, and if so, adds it to CFLAGS for the current profile.

 Because _gcc_ will not create a warning or error when a compiler flag is prefixed with '-Wno-', it is necessary to check the compiler flag without the '-Wno-' prefix.  To do this, append a statement block to the check, and add the __negate__ attribute.

SyntaxCheckCompilerFlag modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:32:00 -0000

--- v7
+++ v8
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@

 Adds a compiler flag without any check for validity.

+##### Examples
+

+    check_compile_flag '-Wall';
+    check_compile_flag '-Wformat';
+
 ##### Attributes


 * [header](SyntaxHeader)

SyntaxCheckCompilerFlag modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:04:08 -0000

--- v6
+++ v7
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@

 Checks to see if a compiler flag is valid, and if so, adds it to CFLAGS for the current profile.

-Because _gcc_ will not create a warning or error when a compiler flag is prefixed with '-Wno-', it is necessary to check the compiler flag without the '-Wno-' prefix.  To do this, append a statement block to the check, and add the _negate;_ statement.
+Because _gcc_ will not create a warning or error when a compiler flag is prefixed with '-Wno-', it is necessary to check the compiler flag without the '-Wno-' prefix.  To do this, append a statement block to the check, and add the __negate__ attribute.

-But be aware that some warning flags such as '-Wno-poison-system-directories' for MacOS/clang do not have an opposite and cannot be tested with the negate attribute.
+But be aware that some warning flags such as '-Wno-poison-system-directories' for MacOS/clang do not have an opposite and cannot be tested with the __negate__ attribute.

 Generated Name: Prefix: __cf\___ 
The leading '-' or '-W' is removed from the name. 
Example: cf\_missing\_prototypes

@@ -19,7 +19,14 @@

     add-compile-flag '-DNO_DEPRECATED';

-Adds a compiler flag without any check.
+Adds a compiler flag without any check for validity.
+
+##### Attributes
+
+* [header](SyntaxHeader)
+* [name](SyntaxName)
+* negate
+* [compiler_flags](SyntaxCompileFlag)

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[Syntax](Syntax) 
[Checks](SyntaxCheck)

SyntaxCheckCompilerFlag modified by Brad Lanam

Brad Lanam — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 03:36:41 -0000

--- v5
+++ v6
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@

 ### Check Compile Flag


-    check-compile-flag '-Wmissing-prototypes';
-    check-compile-flag '-Wno-missing-prototypes' { negate; }
+    check_compile_flag '-Wmissing-prototypes';
+    check_compile_flag '-Wno-missing-prototypes' { negate; }

 Checks to see if a compiler flag is valid, and if so, adds it to CFLAGS for the current profile.