linkers: Clarify a comment about rspfiles

4 years ago · 38db769aaf
parent ad687462e1
commit 38db769aaf
1 changed files with 2 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/mesonbuild/linkers.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/linkers.py
@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ class DynamicLinker(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
        return self.exelist.copy()

    def get_accepts_rsp(self) -> bool:
-        # TODO: is it really a matter of is_windows or is it for_windows?
+        # rsp files are only used when building on Windows because we want to
+        # avoid issues with quoting and max argument length
        return mesonlib.is_windows()

    def get_always_args(self) -> T.List[str]: