[Bug ld/26701] Ability to suppress warnings due to tags in a library

[vampyrebat at gmail dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26701

--- Comment #3 from Kib <vampyrebat at gmail dot com> ---
(In reply to Nick Clifton from comment #1)
>   there are several ways to work around the problem without
>   modifying the linker.  My stance is: why introduce new code, and 
>   potentially new bugs, to the linker when there are other ways of solving
>   the problem.

Because addressing this in the linker requires the solution to be put in one
place and makes it easily accessible (via command-line switch) to all who want
to use it.  Any bugs introduced thus need only be fixed in one place.

The workarounds require each user to develop his own custom solution to the
same problem, increasing the complexity of development.  And every one of these
ad hoc solutions would have to be maintained and debugged separately.

It's a basic application of the concept of modular design.  Localize a
recurringly needed solution in one place rather than requiring everyone to
invent it independently.

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