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Re: -Wignored-returns?
- From: Dale Johannesen <dalej at apple dot com>
- To: "David E. Weekly" <dweekly at legato dot com>
- Cc: Dale Johannesen <dalej at apple dot com>, gcc at gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:59:10 -0800
- Subject: Re: -Wignored-returns?
On Thursday, December 6, 2001, at 04:46 PM, David E. Weekly wrote:
> Dale,
>
> Thanks for your prompt response, even if it's one that makes me sad.
>
> I don't really understand why GCC refuses to allow its users to specify
> this
> option. I perfectly understand not including it in -W or -Wall, but not
> even
> permitting this option to be made seems to be more about enforcing the
> particular tastes of the GCC developers than it does actually providing a
> useful compiler for users. ("Coming as I do from a Lisp background, I balk
> at the idea that there is something dangerous about discarding a value"
> was
> the excuse given.) It's rather patronizing to have the GCC developer team
> tell us what coding style we want to use.
Personally I agree with you; I didn't write it.
> PS: Dale, if GDB on OS/X 10.1.1 is itself segfaulting and getting
> "internal
> error"s right and left, are you the man with whom to speak?
No! Try gdbhelp@group.apple.com