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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: PATCH: gcc 3 hacks
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-02-17 16:22:17
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Dirk Mueller wrote:
> 
> Moin Stephan!
> 
> > is one negation too much to be easily understandable. The same goes for
> > the variable names.
> 
> By purpose. A user with no knowledge will read --disable-no-exceptions as
> something that is "bad" and won't touch it. However, when there is a switch
> named "--enable-exceptions", some people might turn it on without knowing
> its implications because they think "hey, I'm a power user. I want
> everything enabled!".
The question is how you phrase the help text. If you name it 'enable
exceptions'
you're out. But if you phrase it 'work around broken compilers' perhaps?
:)

Greetings, Stephan

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