[Bug c/10170] No warning for "if(foo)" instead of "if(foo())"

[neil at daikokuya dot co dot uk]

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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10170



------- Additional Comments From neil at daikokuya dot co dot uk  2003-07-19 16:07 -------
Subject: Re:  No warning for "if(foo)" instead of "if(foo())"

gdr at integrable-solutions dot net wrote:-

> | it.  I just hope the GCC compiler, if it's possible,
> | will give a warning message as other compilers do, so
> | users could see their mistakes.  This warning is the
> | same warning of :
> |   if ( a_number = another_number) 
> 
> I don't think so.
> And for that warning, we got existing practice. For 
> 
>   if(foo)
> 
> we've already got existing pratice the other way around.

For the case that foo is a function name, which is what this whole PR
is about, it's very rare.  I don't remember ever having had the need to
write such a line.

Regardless, I don't think it was appropriate to close this PR.  It
could be treated as a fully justifiable request for a new -W option.

Neil.