Bug 18710 – executable file not generated when -o- is used

Consider: ---main.d import std.stdio; void main() { writeln("Hello, World!"); } `dmd main.d` generates a `main.o` object file and a `main` executable. `dmd -o- main.d` generates nothing I think `dmd -o- main.d` should generate the `main` executable, but not the `main.o` object file.

AFAIK `-o-` became the "undocumented" way to turn DMD's entire backend off. > I think `dmd -o- main.d` should generate the `main` executable, but not the `main.o` object file. Hmm, how would you turn off object generation then? Note that dmd -ofmain main.d won't generate an object file, but only the main executable.

The "help" output currently says: > -o- do not write object file I was under the assumption that that meant it would not generate the intermediate object files when generating the executable. I suppose this issue could be resolved by clarifying that it doesn't generate any binary output. Maybe "disable object code generation", if that's what it actually does.

I don't feel like dealing with such an insignificant issue. Since I now understand what was meant, I'm going to close this as invalid.