Re: FVWM: Compiler warnings

From: Dominik Vogt <fvwm_at_fvwm.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 18:04:58 +0100

On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 05:32:07PM +0100, fabien.b.villard_at_socgen.com wrote:
>
> >There are two reasons why I don't compile with -pedantic: First,
> >it's almost impossible to get all the signed/unsigned warnings
> >fixed. Second, I could never find any bug in the code with that
> >option and it complains about a lot of useless stuff.
>
> Extract from gcc man page :
>
> [-pedantic] There is no reason to use this option; it exists only to
> satisfy
> pedants.
>
> This would answer questions about what compilers designers have
> in mind when generating warnings :-))))))))
> I used to use it, thinking that all warnings are good to see and
> track
> down. But with time I feel like Dominik about this particuliar option.

Well, it may be a good thing to get all that signed/unsigned
conversions straight. But if you didn't do that right from the
start, chances are slim that you'll ever get them all fixed. I
once tried that, but stopped when streams of new bugs with
implicit conversions came in.

Bye

Dominik ^_^ ^_^

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Received on Mon Mar 18 2002 - 12:05:04 GMT

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