0005484: -for-pack option does not work if placed after the source file on the compilation command line

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0005484

OCaml

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2012-01-19 09:50

2012-01-19 13:36

Reporter

barnier

Assigned To

lefessan

Priority

normal

Severity

minor

Reproducibility

always

Status

resolved

Resolution

won't fix

Platform

amd64

Debian Linux

OS Version

3.1

Product Version

3.12.1

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Summary

0005484: -for-pack option does not work if placed after the source file on the compilation command line

Description

The -for-pack option is sensitive to the order on the compilation command line
and *must* be placed before the .ml source file, but AFAIK it is not mentioned
in the documentation - so I assumed it's more a bug than a feature.

Steps To Reproduce

[a.ml]
type t = float

ocamlopt.opt -c a.ml -for-pack P
ocamlopt.opt -o p.cmx a.cmx -pack
File "p.cmx", line 1, characters 0-1:
Error: File a.cmx
was not compiled with the `-for-pack P' option

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(0006727) lefessan (developer) 2012-01-19 13:36	That's true for all options used with "-c": when a source filename is found on the command-line, the compiler immediatly compiles it, taking into account only arguments given before it (i.e. -pp, -I, etc. are not taken into account if placed after the filename).

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2012-01-19 09:50	barnier	New Issue
2012-01-19 13:36	lefessan	Note Added: 0006727
2012-01-19 13:36	lefessan	Status	new => resolved
2012-01-19 13:36	lefessan	Resolution	open => won't fix
2012-01-19 13:36	lefessan	Assigned To	=> lefessan