The following commandline is not accepted by DMD

dmd -version=_UNICHAR_FAST_ unichar.d

The error message is:
"Error: unrecognized switch '-version=_UNICHAR_FAST_'"

But the commandline help lists the following switch:
"-version=ident compile in version code identified by ident"

So either the switch is not documented correctly or it is not parsed right.

Hauke

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 13:37:59 +0200, Hauke Duden wrote:
> The following commandline is not accepted by DMD
> 
> dmd -version=_UNICHAR_FAST_ unichar.d

For some reason, the leading underscore is throwing it off. Otherwise, over here the behavior is reasonable.

Mike Swieton
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Mike Swieton wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 13:37:59 +0200, Hauke Duden wrote:
> 
>>The following commandline is not accepted by DMD
>>
>>dmd -version=_UNICHAR_FAST_ unichar.d
> 
> 
> For some reason, the leading underscore is throwing it off. Otherwise, over
> here the behavior is reasonable.

Ah. You're right, it does work without the underscore. Thanks.

So it really seems to be a bug in the commandline parsing.


Hauke

"Hauke Duden" <H.NS.Duden@gmx.net> wrote in message news:cai460$j5t$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Mike Swieton wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 13:37:59 +0200, Hauke Duden wrote:
> >
> >>The following commandline is not accepted by DMD
> >>
> >>dmd -version=_UNICHAR_FAST_ unichar.d
> >
> >
> > For some reason, the leading underscore is throwing it off. Otherwise,
over
> > here the behavior is reasonable.
>
> Ah. You're right, it does work without the underscore. Thanks.
>
> So it really seems to be a bug in the commandline parsing.

True, but also leading _ on identifiers are reserved in D.

> True, but also leading _ on identifiers are reserved in D.

"Identifiers starting with __ (two underscores) are reserved." A single leading underscore should work  :P