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Re: Wmissing-base-class-initializer (PR7651 Define -Wextra strictly in terms of other warning flags)
"Manuel López-Ibáñez" <lopezibanez@gmail.com> writes:
| On 10 Jan 2007 04:45:53 +0100, Gabriel Dos Reis
| <gdr@integrable-solutions.net> wrote:
| > "Manuel López-Ibáñez" <lopezibanez@gmail.com> writes:
| >
| > [...]
| >
| > | What I don't want is to incorporate a controversial and hard to avoid
| > | warning from Wextra (such as an unsigned value is compared against
| > | zero with < or >=) into a generally useful and appreciated warning
| > | such as Walways-true that is enabled by Wall.
| >
| > However, treatening people of getting killed by some other people is
| > more than controversial.
| >
|
| It was a joke on the famous temperament of Linus and its evident
| anymosity against some particular warnings of GCC. I honestly hope
| that you didn't actually consider it a threat, it makes me feel really
| sad.
|
| In any case, please accept my sincere apologies if the joke was inappropriate.
No need to apologize. I was trying to communicate the fact that the
database is open and public -- and people do archeology -- so we must
be careful. Think of how it would look like in two or three years
[speaking from experience ;-{ ]
-- Gaby