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Re: PATCH: [4.5 Regression] RPR c/40172: evision 147596 breaks bootstrap
- From: Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at googlemail dot com>
- To: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Richard Guenther <richard dot guenther at gmail dot com>, "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>, Manuel López-Ibáñez <lopezibanez at gmail dot com>, Simon Martin <simartin at users dot sourceforge dot net>, Gcc Patch List <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>, Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>, Jason Merrill <jason at redhat dot com>, Nathan Sidwell <nathan at codesourcery dot com>, Vladimir Makarov <vmakarov at redhat dot com>
- Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 14:05:54 +0100
- Subject: Re: PATCH: [4.5 Regression] RPR c/40172: evision 147596 breaks bootstrap
- References: <6dc9ffc80905181801u328d31ads7d39bb417dfabe88@mail.gmail.com> <84fc9c000905190135o1be74572l7a97fc52b019bad0@mail.gmail.com> <20090519084153.GA5781@tyan-ft48-01.lab.bos.redhat.com>
Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:35:01AM +0200, Richard Guenther wrote:
>> This kind of stuff totally sucks.
>
> Yeah, I think we should take out -Wlogical-op from -Wextra. If somebody has
> spare time, it could be added by hand once or twice in the release cycle in
> a private gcc build, then sift through all the false positives and if
> anything real pops up, report it, but adding tons of ugly workarounds into
> gcc and, what's worse, into thousands of other projects around, is a bad
> idea.
What you have just described has a name. "Lint" :-)
That, IMO, is the place for warnings that generate a ton of false positives!
:-) :-)
cheers,
DaveK
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