[Bug c/60523] Warning flag for octal literals [-Woctal-literals]
f.heckenbach@fh-soft.de
gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org
Mon Aug 29 23:25:48 GMT 2022
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60523
Frank Heckenbach <f.heckenbach@fh-soft.de> changed:
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--- Comment #11 from Frank Heckenbach <f.heckenbach@fh-soft.de> ---
For file modes we have S_IXUSR etc., and most programs don't even need them
very often. So I think making it part of -Wextra seems reasonable these days,
but I'd welcome such a warning either way.
https://thedailywtf.com/articles/padded-mailers recently reminded me that
0-prefixed octals can cause real problems even for experienced programmers.
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