[Rene]
> Or are you saying that because I did not respond to you directly that I dismissed your comment?

I don't care if you replied to me directly or not.
Re-read what you wrote.

> My aim is simple. To agree on common language for tool interoperation.
> Command line arguments are, by necessity, part of that.

Then, work *with* the representatives of the implementors -- don't dismiss them because you didn't like their answers.

For MSVC, I am the representative for the toolset and its ecosystem (which is larger and under a variety of constraints than meets the eyes) on this group.
I have no fogging clue how you're planning to make inclusive progress on this effort with:

>> I do look forward to hearing from someone in the msvc team who is
>> knowledgeable on the option parsing to clarify what's possible. Either
>> directly from them or perhaps if Gaby can check himself :-)

when, as an engineer on the team who also work on the driver, I just gave you the answer regarding option forms.

-- Gaby

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On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 9:56 AM Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr_at_microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> [Rene]
> > I do look forward to hearing from someone in the msvc team who is
> > knowledgeable on the option parsing to clarify what's possible.
>
> Are you actually, though? Because you just dismissed one such person because you didn't like the answer.

I apologize if my explanation of my observation of what running cl.exe
was perceived that way. Or are you saying that because I did not
respond to you directly that I dismissed your comment? If so, I'm
sorry. I will reply directly to it shortly.

> I have been a big supporter of this effort; I no longer know what you're aiming at.

My aim is simple. To agree on common language for tool interoperation.
Command line arguments are, by necessity, part of that.


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