Re: starting gdb/mi from FE

Eli Zaretskii
2006-06-06T03:44:45Z

> Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 17:25:32 -0400
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
>
> On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 10:56:30PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 09:45:17 -0400
> > > From: Bob Rossi <bob_rossi@cox.net>
> > >
> > > $ ./gdb/gdb -q -i=mi4,mi3 ./main
> >
> > Multiple values separated by a comma is not how GNU programs accept
> > multiple values for the same option. -i=mi4 -i=mi3 is more like it.
>
> Is it? I couldn't find anything about this in e.g. the coding
> standards.

It isn't a codified rule; I just couldn't recall any program that does
this. But now I recalled one: gcc (with the -Wl linker options), so I
guess my gut feeling was wrong. (Commas are used by many Windows
programs, and I always disliked that; but that's me.)