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Re: suggest gcc option -Wallall to add absolutely every -W* option
- To: engstad at intermetrics dot com
- Subject: Re: suggest gcc option -Wallall to add absolutely every -W* option
- From: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 98 17:00:39 PST
- Cc: oliva at dcc dot unicamp dot br, vonbrand at inf dot utfsm dot cl, wheeler at ipl dot rpi dot edu, egcs at cygnus dot com
> Then why not move -Wall to -Wuseful, and let -Wall be all warnings
> possible?
gcc is an existing product with existing users. -Wall is one of the
most frequently used options. It pretty much has to do what it does
now, even if the flag is in a sense misnamed.
-Wall = "all the warnings that we recommend that you enable"