Re: doc cc -c -o

[Paul Eggert]

Kevin Ryde <address@hidden> writes:

> I thought to add a note to the "limitations of usual tools" section
> about the problem with some compilers not accepting -c and -o
> together.
> 
> Can anyone nominate such a compiler as an example?  Preferrably one
> that might, at least in theory, be in current use.

Sorry, I don't know of any real-world examples offhand.  However,
POSIX 1003.1-2001 says that "c99 -c -o" has unspecified behavior, and
similarly for "c99 -E -o".  Perhaps you could just point people at
POSIX.