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Re: .eh_frame section on alpha


On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 09:43:25AM +0000, Nick Clifton wrote:
> Hi Simon,
> 
> >>However, I also think it would be a good idea to have an assembler
> >>option to not create the unwind information.
> 
> >Strongly agreed :-)  I can come up with a patch, but I'm not sure what a
> >good option name would be.  --no-auto-eh-frame seems a little unwieldy.
> 
> How about: --no-create-eh-frame ?
> 
> I see no problem with long switch names.  It is better that they are 
> expressive and tell the user what they are doing.  Shorter, more compact 
> switch names are often confusing and can lead to user misunderstanding.

Can't this be done already without adding new options with a
/DISCARD/ : { *(.eh_frame) }
in the linker script?

	Jakub


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