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Re: {PATCH] New C++ warning -Wcatch-value


On 24 May, Jason Merrill wrote:
> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 3:58 PM, Martin Sebor <msebor@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> So how about the following then? I stayed with the catch part and added
>>> a parameter to the warning to let the user decide on the warnings she/he
>>> wants to get: -Wcatch-value=n.
>>> -Wcatch-value=1 only warns for polymorphic classes that are caught by
>>> value (to avoid slicing), -Wcatch-value=2 warns for all classes that
>>> are caught by value (to avoid copies). And finally -Wcatch-value=3
>>> warns for everything not caught by reference to find typos (like pointer
>>> instead of reference) and bad coding practices.
>>
>> It seems reasonable to me.  I'm not too fond of multi-level
>> warnings since few users take advantage of anything but the
>> default, but this case is simple and innocuous enough that
>> I don't think it can do harm.
> 
>>> Bootstrapped and regtested on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.
>>> OK for trunk?
> 
> OK.

Committed.

>>> If so, would it make sense to add -Wcatch-value=1 to -Wextra or even -Wall?
>>> I would do this in a seperate patch, becuase I haven't checked what that
>>> would mean for the testsuite.
>>
>> I can't think of a use case for polymorphic slicing that's not
>> harmful so unless there is a common one that escapes me, I'd say
>> -Wall.
> 
> Agreed.  But then you'll probably want to allow -Wno-catch-value to turn it off.
> 
> Jason

So how about the following then?
Bootstrapped and regtested on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.
OK for trunk?

Regards,
Volker

2017-05-30  Volker Reichelt  <v.reichelt@netcologne.de>

	* doc/invoke.texi (-Wcatch-value): Document new shortcut.
	Add to -Wall section.

Index: gcc/doc/invoke.texi
===================================================================
--- gcc/doc/invoke.texi	(revision 248585)
+++ gcc/doc/invoke.texi	(working copy)
@@ -265,8 +265,8 @@
 -Wno-builtin-declaration-mismatch @gol
 -Wno-builtin-macro-redefined  -Wc90-c99-compat  -Wc99-c11-compat @gol
 -Wc++-compat  -Wc++11-compat  -Wc++14-compat  -Wcast-align  -Wcast-qual  @gol
--Wchar-subscripts  -Wchkp  -Wcatch-value=@var{n}  -Wclobbered  -Wcomment  @gol
--Wconditionally-supported  @gol
+-Wchar-subscripts  -Wchkp  -Wcatch-value  -Wcatch-value=@var{n} @gol
+-Wclobbered  -Wcomment  -Wconditionally-supported @gol
 -Wconversion  -Wcoverage-mismatch  -Wno-cpp  -Wdangling-else  -Wdate-time @gol
 -Wdelete-incomplete @gol
 -Wno-deprecated  -Wno-deprecated-declarations  -Wno-designated-init @gol
@@ -3757,6 +3757,7 @@
 -Wbool-compare  @gol
 -Wbool-operation  @gol
 -Wc++11-compat  -Wc++14-compat  @gol
+-Wcatch-value @r{(C++ and Objective-C++ only)}  @gol
 -Wchar-subscripts  @gol
 -Wcomment  @gol
 -Wduplicate-decl-specifier @r{(C and Objective-C only)} @gol
@@ -5834,13 +5835,16 @@
 literals to @code{char *}.  This warning is enabled by default for C++
 programs.
 
-@item -Wcatch-value=@var{n} @r{(C++ and Objective-C++ only)}
+@item -Wcatch-value
+@itemx -Wcatch-value=@var{n} @r{(C++ and Objective-C++ only)}
 @opindex Wcatch-value
+@opindex Wno-catch-value
 Warn about catch handlers that do not catch via reference.
-With @option{-Wcatch-value=1} warn about polymorphic class types that
-are caught by value. With @option{-Wcatch-value=2} warn about all class
-types that are caught by value. With @option{-Wcatch-value=3} warn about
-all types that are not caught by reference.
+With @option{-Wcatch-value=1} (or @option{-Wcatch-value} for short)
+warn about polymorphic class types that are caught by value.
+With @option{-Wcatch-value=2} warn about all class types that are caught
+by value. With @option{-Wcatch-value=3} warn about all types that are
+not caught by reference. @option{-Wcatch-value} is enabled by @option{-Wall}.
 
 @item -Wclobbered
 @opindex Wclobbered
===================================================================

2017-05-30  Volker Reichelt  <v.reichelt@netcologne.de>

	* c.opt (Wcatch-value): New shortcut for Wcatch-value=1.
	(Wcatch-value=1): Enable by -Wall.

Index: gcc/c-family/c.opt
===================================================================
--- gcc/c-family/c.opt	(revision 248585)
+++ gcc/c-family/c.opt	(working copy)
@@ -388,8 +388,12 @@
 C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_cast_qual) Warning
 Warn about casts which discard qualifiers.
 
+Wcatch-value
+C++ ObjC++ Warning Alias(Wcatch-value=, 1, 0)
+Warn about catch handlers of non-reference type.
+
 Wcatch-value=
-C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_catch_value) Warning Joined RejectNegative UInteger
+C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_catch_value) Warning Joined RejectNegative UInteger LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++,Wall, 1, 0)
 Warn about catch handlers of non-reference type.
 
 Wchar-subscripts
===================================================================


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