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Re: Warnings about rcs_id strings: let's settle this
On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 01:59:51PM -0400, Alexander Kabaev wrote:
> >
> > only for const variables? NO. Many old codes do not declare the
> > rcsid const, and the fact that we have the flag that will warn about
> > all unused static variables means that users can still find them all.
> >
> GCC 3.2 and prior only suppressed warnings for const variables. Since it
> was the change from 3.2 to 3.3 which raised complaints, I guess adding
> an option to restore 3.2 behavior is sufficient. Disabling warnings for
> all static variables is going too far IMHO.
OK, in that case it's fine for the patch to just restore the 3.2 behavior.