From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 8 Jul 2025 22:18:27 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
      
   > On 7/8/2025 7:40 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On Tue, 8 Jul 2025 18:14:32 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> On 7/8/2025 5:58 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Note that, on *nix systems, shareable libraries can be specified   
   >>>> directly on the command line, without having to go through   
   >>>> options files. Why does the VMS linker need options files for   
   >>>> this common case?   
   >>>   
   >>> /SHARE in command line means producing a shareable image.   
   >>>   
   >>> /SHARE in option file means linking with a shareable image.   
   >>>   
   >>> Different meaning based on context.   
   >>   
   >> Given that the VMS DCL syntax was specifically designed to allow a   
   >> distinction between per-file qualifiers and global qualifiers, this   
   >> seems like a strange limitation, don’t you think?   
   >   
   > Not really.   
   >   
   > First I don't think a verb qualifier and a per-file qualifier with   
   > same name will work well.   
   >   
   > Second even if it did work, then I think it would be confusing to   
   > have the qualifier in a command line with two different meanings.   
      
   You make it sound like allowing different contexts for qualifiers is a   
   bug, not a feature.   
      
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