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Re: [PATCH INSTALLED]: Fix -Wc++-compat warnings in toplevel [t-z]*.c files

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
To: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
Cc: "Kaveh R. Ghazi" <ghazi at caip dot rutgers dot edu>, Richard Guenther <richard dot guenther at gmail dot com>, Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:00:06 +0200
Subject: Re: [PATCH INSTALLED]: Fix -Wc++-compat warnings in toplevel [t-z]*.c files
References: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0806201439290.16015@caipclassic.rutgers.edu> <84fc9c000806210845g1b594b8em5ef0240279cf8275@mail.gmail.com> <m31w2qpk79.fsf@google.com> <84fc9c000806211421ge397205oda0aa863bb12792b@mail.gmail.com> <Pine.GSO.4.58.0806222015360.18754@caipclassic.rutgers.edu> <485F730D.7090801@redhat.com> <44E2EF006FF74E63B8B98ED505A6A912@glap> <485FC5F4.6070908@redhat.com>

Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com> writes:

> Yeah it is, because it suppresses a useful warning or error message if
> the function isn't defined as returning an appropriate type.  The cast
> will swallow the warning and you may miss the error.

We require prior declaration, so this won't get unnoticed.

Andreas.

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References:
- [PATCH INSTALLED]: Fix -Wc++-compat warnings in toplevel [t-z]*.c files
  - From: Kaveh R. GHAZI
- Re: [PATCH INSTALLED]: Fix -Wc++-compat warnings in toplevel [t-z]*.c files
  - From: Richard Guenther
- Re: [PATCH INSTALLED]: Fix -Wc++-compat warnings in toplevel [t-z]*.c files
  - From: Ian Lance Taylor
- Re: [PATCH INSTALLED]: Fix -Wc++-compat warnings in toplevel [t-z]*.c files
  - From: Richard Guenther
- Re: [PATCH INSTALLED]: Fix -Wc++-compat warnings in toplevel [t-z]*.c files
  - From: Kaveh R. GHAZI
- Re: [PATCH INSTALLED]: Fix -Wc++-compat warnings in toplevel [t-z]*.c files
  - From: Andrew Haley
- Re: [PATCH INSTALLED]: Fix -Wc++-compat warnings in toplevel [t-z]*.c files
  - From: Kaveh R. Ghazi
- Re: [PATCH INSTALLED]: Fix -Wc++-compat warnings in toplevel [t-z]*.c files
  - From: Andrew Haley

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