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Re: What does the compiler option -W (upper case) do?
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 6:35 AM, Dr. David Kirkby
<david.kirkby@onetel.net> wrote:
> 1) Make a note by "-w" that's it not to be confused with -W, since the two
> options are almost opposite of each other.
Well, perhaps, but in general with gcc the case of the option matters.
> 2) Document -W to say it's a depreciated option - one should use -Werror
> instead?
-W is the same as -Wextra, not -Werror. The option is documented, in
the sense that it is in the index and the text. I don't see any
particular reason to formally deprecate it. If you have specific
suggestions for how to adjust the docs, that would be helpful.
Ian