Rename -W to -Wextra ?

[Wheeler, Fred (Research)]

Greetings,

I posted this suggestion years ago, and am repeating it since it is related to the current warning
option (-Wextra) discussion.  The original post is at
  http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/1998-11/msg00580.html
The original suggestion is repeated below.  There was some follow-up discussion that is still
available on the archives.

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In the interest of less messy command lines I suggest a new option for
gcc: -Wallall.  Right now -Wall adds about a dozen important -W*
options.  I think -Wallall should add absolutely every -W* option that
exists now or is added in the future.  Common usage would be to use
the -Wallall option to add all options and then remove unwanted
warning options with -Wno-*, and specify specific arguments to options
like -Wlarger-than-NNN.

Example:

  gcc -Wallall -Wno-error -Wlarger-than-32 -Wno-aggregate-return ...

Regards,
Fred Wheeler