Tracking Issue --extern crate modifiers · Issue #98405 · rust-lang/rust (original) (raw)

This is a tracking issue for command line option syntax currently used by several modifiers affecting behavior of extern crates.
Specific tracking issues for those modifiers:

• Tracking issue for --extern priv #98399
• Tracking issue for --extern noprelude #98398
• Tracking issue for --extern nounused #98400
• Tracking Issue for --extern force #111302

The currently used syntax is

--extern [MODIFIERS:]NAME[=PATH]

Before stabilization it should likely be harmonized with command line syntax already used for native library modifiers, see item (3) in #93901 (comment).

• Modifiers can be converted to +/- form
  • priv - +priv or -pub
  • noprelude - -prelude
  • nounused - +used
• Position of the MODIFIERS component in the option can also be changed.