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Rename -W to -Wextra ?
- From: Phil Edwards <phil at jaj dot com>
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 03:48:54 -0400
- Subject: Rename -W to -Wextra ?
This is mentioned on the "beginning GCC hackers" projects list, and since
a) I fall into that category, and b) I just had to explain the whole
-Wall-isn't-really-ALL-but-W-adds-more thing to a colleague, I thought
I'd knock this off.
(I've been finding all the things that -W controls right now, and will
update the manual. I'll probably need some help coming up with example
code that triggers the warning.)
So, here's a proposal just to generate dicussion:
- that the new name be '-Wextra'
- for 3.2, recognize both -Wextra and -W. If -W is used, warn that it
has been renamed and will be removed...
- ...in GCC 3.3 or 3.4, -W goes away. Whatever version we decide, include
that number in the warning.
Thoughts?
Phil
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