[m-dev.] diff: detect linking with inconsistent grades

[Peter Schachte]

On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Fergus Henderson wrote:

> I just got bitten by linking files that were compiled with incompatible
> options, so I decided it must be time to fix that...
> 
> Can someone please review this change?
> 
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> 
> Ensure that you get a link error if you attempt to link files
> compiled with different grades.

This is certainly a step forward.  But it would be better if mmake could
avoid the whole problem for you.  Couldn't you have foo.m compile into
foo_grade.o (eg, list.m -> list_asm_fast_gc.o)?  Then mmake have ensure
that each file was compiled in the right grade before even trying to link.


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