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Re: Criteria for a warning to be in -Wall? (was: Re: a warning toimplement)
- From: Alexandre Duret-Lutz <duret_g at lrde dot epita dot fr>
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 10:27:22 +0100
- Subject: Re: Criteria for a warning to be in -Wall? (was: Re: a warning toimplement)
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>>> "Robert" == Robert Lipe <robertlipe@usa.net> writes:
>> <<I'd have a strong preference for something that doesn't rely on GCC
>> extension. __attribute((unused)) is just as icky in a portable project
>> as magic /* ARGSUNUSED */ comments recognized by others.
>> >>
>>
>> Sure, that's understandable, but using
>>
>> int a = a;
>>
>> on the grounds that, even though there is no guarantee, it just happens
>> to work, is to me the antithesis of writing clean portable code!
Robert> I hear you and it annoys me, too.
Robert> So show us another alternative to shut up the warning
Robert> with zero runtime cost that is still portable code.
(void) a; ?
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz