problems with "clobbered" warnings

[Etienne Lorrain]

> >   I am attempting to get some code to compile with -Wall -Werror. I have
> > just introduced a setjmp() to catch errors...
> > 
> >   I get warnings like:
> > 
> > paxas.c:211: warning: variable `infilename' might be clobbered by
> > `longjmp' or `vfork'...
> > 
> >   Is there someone who can offer a better description of when a variable
> > may be considered to be clobbered, or a workaround that permits me to
> > shut up just that test without giving up on the uninitialized warning?
>
> The compiler generates those warnings for just about every variable in
> a function that calls setjmp or vfork.

 Did not try, but declaring variables as "register" could remove the
 warning - because then you say to the compiler that you know setjmp()
 may or may not restore value of your registers variables - or disable
 allocation of variables in registers.

  Just my €0.02,
  Etienne.

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