[m-rev.] diff: add option --mercury-standard-library-directory

Fergus Henderson fjh at cs.mu.OZ.AU
Tue Nov 13 19:42:35 AEDT 2001


On 13-Nov-2001, Simon Taylor <stayl at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> On 12-Nov-2001, Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> > Simon Taylor, you wrote:
> > > 
> > > compiler/options.m:
> > > doc/user_guide.texi:
> > > 	Add an option `--mercury-standard-library-directory',
> > > 	which can be used to override the standard library
> > > 	directory without setting environment variables.
> > 
> > Why?  What's the rationale for that change?
> 
> I'm trying to reduce the special-case handling of the standard
> library in the build system.

OK, I'm convinced.

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