Re: RFC: -Wall by default

[Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>]

On 04/04/2012 01:11 PM, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 7:08 AM, Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com> wrote:
>> On 04/04/2012 10:44 AM, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
>>> For GCC-4.8, I would like to turn on -Wall by default.
>>> Comments?
>>
>> Umm, should this really happen at exactly the same time as C++
>> by default?
> 
> I consider it a separate issue.
> 
> -Wall is a primary a service to GCC users (which GCC is already
> using internally.)
> 
> Switching to compile with C++ compiler is an internal
> compiler infrastructure issue that should be independent
> of the services we provide to the broader C++ community.

It's certainly a separate issue, but the set of C++ warnings is
very different, and to avoid unnecessary chaos it might be good
to stage the changes.

Andrew.