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Re: cp functions not called during testsuite execution
- To: mrs at wrs dot com (Mike Stump)
- Subject: Re: cp functions not called during testsuite execution
- From: Joern Rennecke <amylaar at cygnus dot co dot uk>
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 01:42:22 +0100 (BST)
- Cc: egcs at cygnus dot com, martin at mira dot isdn dot cs dot tu-berlin dot de
> Instead, put in a warning that says 'tell Martin you're using this bit
> of functionality, or risk loosing it in the next major release.' run
> it that way for a while (year), then remove them. Put a unique number
> in each, so that you can tell quickly which reports go with which
> code.
That boils down to a recipe to remove error handling code from the compiler.
Who would pledge that he uses the 'functionality' to detect some stupid
typo in his development code?
What do you do about error returns from system calls that might not
happen for an entire generation of computers?