Re: [Pnet-developers] command line compatibility for tools

[Rhys Weatherley]

On Sunday 24 October 2004 12:41 am, Peter \"Firefly\" Lund wrote:

> For now, though, wouldn't the Microsoft/Mono compatibility be more
> important, at least for cscc in C# mode?

The command-line options for the tools are designed to fit into a standard GNU 
compiler toolchain.  Hence the use of gcc-style options.  Compatibility with 
csc/mcs was always a secondary concern.  It is too late to make a change of 
this magnitude now (the decision was taken over 3 years ago).

The reason why it is not documented is because it is not recommended.  '/' 
options can greatly confuse Unix systems which may not be able to tell the 
difference between options and filenames in some cases.  It may "just work" 
with the typical C# programmer's build scripts, but in the general case it is 
extremely error-prone.

The csant tool provides a much better approach: the same build script can be 
used with multiple compilers, each with their own native options.

Cheers,

Rhys.