#12822: Cleanup GHC verbosity flags -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: hsyl20 | Owner: Type: task | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.0.1 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple newcomer,flags | Architecture: | Type of failure: Other Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- 1) In the discussion of Phab:D2679#77898, Simon Marlow suggested that we make verbosity levels (`-v0`, `-v1`...) work just like optimization levels (`-O0`, `-O1`...), i.e., that we make each verbosity level a collection of verbosity flags. Currently the verbosity level is tested against explicitly in several places in GHC's code. 2) Homogenize verbosity flags: currently, flags that change GHC's reporting have various prefixes: - `-fprint-*` - `-fshow-*` - `-dshow-passes` - `-ddump-*` - `-dppr-*` - `-dverbose-*` Maybe we should homogenize (some of) them by using a common `-v` prefix as in `-vshow-source-paths`. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12822 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler