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Re: [PATCH] Add check_result attribute
Jason Merrill <jason@redhat.com> writes:
>> These are awfully verbose. Suggest just "return value of \"%D\" not used"
>> in both cases
>
> The purpose of the "declared..." bit is to tell the user that this warning
> was requested in the declaration of the function, it's not just the
> compiler trying to enforce some arbitrary coding style.
I understood that, but I think it's unnecessary.
>> -- and please make both of them include the name of the function whose
>> result is being ignored.
>
> The first one does, the second can't.
Why can't it?
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