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Re: Rename -W to -Wextra ?
- From: Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs dot mu dot OZ dot AU>
- To: mike stump <mrs at windriver dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, wheeler at crd dot ge dot com, phil at jaj dot com
- Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 15:33:47 +1100
- Subject: Re: Rename -W to -Wextra ?
- References: <E4AAC34FE3CF564D8AE89EB8AC333FD702FE0841@XMB03CRDGE> <200206031827.LAA09922@kankakee.wrs.com>
On 03-Jun-2002, mike stump <mrs@windriver.com> wrote:
> > From: "Wheeler, Fred (Research)" <wheeler@crd.ge.com>
> > To: "'gcc@gcc.gnu.org'" <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
> > Cc: "'phil@jaj.com'" <phil@jaj.com>
> > Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 10:07:20 -0400
>
> > I think -Wallall should add absolutely every -W* option that exists
> > now or is added in the future.
>
> I am more interested in a survey of 20 people that have large projects
> that tried to use such an option and whether they thought there was
> any use for it.
Even if this option were not useful in large projects, it would still be
useful when invoking gcc by hand on small code samples, IMHO.
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