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4.3 Options to specify the Language for the Output Code
These options are also available as declarations in the input file (see section Gperf Declarations).
- ‘-L generated-language-name’
- ‘--language=generated-language-name’
Instructs
gperf
to generate code in the language specified by the option's argument. Languages handled are currently:- ‘KR-C’
Old-style K&R C. This language is understood by old-style C compilers and ANSI C compilers, but ANSI C compilers may flag warnings (or even errors) because of lacking ‘const’.
- ‘C’
Common C. This language is understood by ANSI C compilers, and also by old-style C compilers, provided that you
#define const
to empty for compilers which don't know about this keyword.- ‘ANSI-C’
ANSI C. This language is understood by ANSI C compilers and C++ compilers.
- ‘C++’
C++. This language is understood by C++ compilers.
The default is C.
- ‘-a’
This option is supported for compatibility with previous releases of
gperf
. It does not do anything.- ‘-g’
This option is supported for compatibility with previous releases of
gperf
. It does not do anything.