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Re: Patch for various warnings in gcc

From: Robert Lipe <robertlipe at usa dot net>
To: "Kaveh R. Ghazi" <ghazi at caip dot rutgers dot edu>
Cc: matz at suse dot de, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 12:49:47 -0500
Subject: Re: Patch for various warnings in gcc
References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0208081201260.6693-100000@wotan.suse.de> <200208081449.KAA03891@caip.rutgers.edu>

>  > Wasn't there a gcc extension ala "int a = a;" to silence it?
> 
> I've never heard about that extension.  What does it do and mean?

The last time this discussion came up, the recommended solution was

	(void) a;

which, assuming A was not volatile, generated no code, was fully legal,
and silenced the warning.

RJL

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