preprocessor/4902: no macro redef warnings [Get raw message]

["Golubev I. N." <gin at mo dot msk dot ru>]

>Number:         4902
>Category:       preprocessor
>Synopsis:       no macro redef warnings
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Nov 19 10:56:00 PST 2001
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>Originator:     Golubev I. N.
>Release:        3.0.2
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>Description:

Neil wrote in <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/2001-11/msg00263.html>:

> you get a warning iff -pedantic

`(cpp)Undefining and Redefining Macros' does not say so.  Neither does
it explain (or refer to explanation) why that change of requiring
`-pedantic' was made (making `gcc' different from many other compilers
which warn by default).

Perhaps some people think that redefn warnings `trigger frequently on
harmless code' (as `-pedantic' description in `(cpp)Invocation' says),
but I disagree.  My experience shows that more often than not they
detect real bugs.

>How-To-Repeat:

#define a 1
#define a 2

I expect: warnings like this:

2:warning: `a' redefined
1:warning: this is the location of the previous definition

I get: no warnings.

>Fix:
	
1. Add more granularity to cpp warning options.  Allow redefn warnings
to be enabled without requesting all `-pedantic' diagnostics.

2. Whether it done or not, document in `(cpp)Undefining and Redefining
Macros' option required to get redefn warnings (or to suppress them,
if they are re-enabled by default).
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