Re: Warning in LLVM Clang

From	Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Warning in LLVM Clang
Date	2020-01-10 13:20 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:

> On 10/01/2020 13:39, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>> David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
>> <cut>
>>> I'd say "fix the code", rather than living with the warnings.
>> 
>> In this case, I'm not sure that's the right approach.  If I recall
>> correctly the code is old and stable (some X-Windows program or other)
>> so leaving it well alone might be the safest option.
>> 
>
> To be more nuanced, I should say "fix the code if you can reasonably do
> so".  If you can't - such as when you don't want to change the code
> unless it is unavoidable - then compiler flags in the build system would
> be the next option.  I'd still go for that option before the "live with
> the warnings" option, but of course it's possible that you can't change
> the build scripts either.
>
> However, this code seems to be involving clang pragmas - that does not
> sound like an old X program to me.

The OP is adding them to get the variable warning behaviour being
discussed.  I've seen no evidence they were there before, but there have
been rather few details posted.

-- 
Ben.

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Warning in LLVM Clang Mehdi Amini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2020-01-06 17:57 +0330
  Warning in LLVM Clang chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2020-01-06 07:47 -0800
  Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-01-06 15:58 +0000
    Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Mehdi Amini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2020-01-07 15:32 +0330
      Which compiler is it, anyway??? (Was: Warning in LLVM Clang) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2020-01-07 12:58 +0000
      Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-01-07 14:33 +0000
        Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Mehdi Amini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2020-01-08 16:35 +0330
          Re: Warning in LLVM Clang David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-01-08 15:11 +0100
            Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Mehdi Amini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2020-01-09 16:15 +0330
              Re: Warning in LLVM Clang David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-01-09 14:34 +0100
                Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Mehdi Amini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2020-01-09 17:49 +0330
                Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-01-09 19:35 +0000
                Re: Warning in LLVM Clang David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-01-10 10:28 +0100
                Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-01-10 12:39 +0000
                Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-01-10 12:57 +0000
                Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-01-10 13:23 +0000
                Re: Warning in LLVM Clang David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-01-10 14:09 +0100
                Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Mehdi Amini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2020-01-10 16:45 +0330
                Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-01-10 13:20 +0000
                Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Mehdi Amini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2020-01-10 17:20 +0330
                Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Mehdi Amini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2020-01-10 17:24 +0330
                Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-01-10 23:52 +0000
                Re: Warning in LLVM Clang scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-01-10 15:29 +0000
                Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-01-10 23:28 +0000
                Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-01-11 14:21 +0000
              Re: Warning in LLVM Clang James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-01-09 22:08 -0500
                Not exactly an "alias", but that's just being a CLC pedant... (Was: Warning in LLVM Clang) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2020-01-10 09:52 +0000
                Re: Not exactly an "alias", but that's just being a CLC pedant... (Was: Warning in LLVM Clang) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-01-10 11:26 +0100
                Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Mehdi Amini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2020-01-10 16:48 +0330
                Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-01-10 09:34 -0800
                Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Mehdi Amini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2020-01-11 14:41 +0330
  Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Guillaume <message@bottle.org> - 2020-01-06 17:23 +0100
    Re: Warning in LLVM Clang Mehdi Amini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2020-01-07 15:39 +0330

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