Re: [PATCH] Add -gcc-version option

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On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 5:59 PM, Pavel Roskin <plroskin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The option argument is parsed into major, minor and patchlevel versions,
> which are defined as __GNUC__, __GNUC_MINOR__, and __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ in
> the preprocessor.
>
> One possible use is running sparse compiled with the lastest gcc compiler
> on a Linux kernel that doesn't support that compiler.

I am curious, can you just invoke sparse with -D__GNUC__=1 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=2
to do the same thing?

The current __GNUC__ was a weak define it is suitable for overriding
if you wants to.

Chris
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