From 39de06c200e8e241b1204c52bed3467d2a1b568d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Delyan Angelov <delian66@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 09:07:06 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] v.pref: cleanup V options, support the documented -output and
 -backend

---
 cmd/v/help/build.txt |  4 ----
 vlib/v/pref/pref.v   | 16 ++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/v/help/build.txt b/cmd/v/help/build.txt
index 2f31846dc4..f7ae69a121 100644
--- a/cmd/v/help/build.txt
+++ b/cmd/v/help/build.txt
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ NB: the build flags are shared with the run command too:
       If value is not provided, it is assumed to be set to `true`.
       `value` should be `1` or `0` to indicate `true` and `false` respectively otherwise.
 
-   -e <experiment>, -experiments <experiment>
-      Enable the specified experiment.
-      Currently, the only experiment available is: `prealloc`
-
    -g
       Compile the executable in debug mode, allowing code to be debugged more easily.
 
diff --git a/vlib/v/pref/pref.v b/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
index f99baef2ea..634311d5d3 100644
--- a/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
+++ b/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
@@ -396,13 +396,13 @@ pub fn parse_args(known_external_commands []string, args []string) (&Preferences
 			'-translated' {
 				res.translated = true
 			}
-			'-color' {
-				res.use_color = .always
-			}
 			'-m32', '-m64' {
 				res.m64 = arg[2] == `6`
 				res.cflags += ' $arg'
 			}
+			'-color' {
+				res.use_color = .always
+			}
 			'-nocolor' {
 				res.use_color = .never
 			}
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ pub fn parse_args(known_external_commands []string, args []string) (&Preferences
 				res.build_options << '$arg "$res.cflags.trim_space()"'
 				i++
 			}
-			'-define', '-d' {
+			'-d', '-define' {
 				if current_args.len > 1 {
 					define := current_args[1]
 					parse_define(mut res, define)
@@ -495,8 +495,8 @@ pub fn parse_args(known_external_commands []string, args []string) (&Preferences
 					arg, '10').int()
 				i++
 			}
-			'-o' {
-				res.out_name = cmdline.option(current_args, '-o', '')
+			'-o', '-output' {
+				res.out_name = cmdline.option(current_args, arg, '')
 				if res.out_name.ends_with('.js') {
 					res.backend = .js
 				}
@@ -505,8 +505,8 @@ pub fn parse_args(known_external_commands []string, args []string) (&Preferences
 				}
 				i++
 			}
-			'-b' {
-				sbackend := cmdline.option(current_args, '-b', 'c')
+			'-b', '-backend' {
+				sbackend := cmdline.option(current_args, arg, 'c')
 				res.build_options << '$arg $sbackend'
 				b := backend_from_string(sbackend) or { continue }
 				res.backend = b