[LLVMdev] To a.out or not to a.out

[Chris Lattner]

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Brian R. Gaeke wrote:

> > I'm debating whether llvm should support the "a.out" convention for the
> > default name of an executable file if no -o option is given to it. I'm
> > currently of the mind that this naming convention is completely outdated
> > and not worth propagating in llvmc. llvmc would require a -o option or
> > you get an error.
>
> I don't see anything wrong with having the default for the "-o" option
> be "a.out"... If it were up to me, I would keep it.

I agree with Brian.  Who knows what wierd configuration scripts or other
stuff depends on this.

-Chris

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