Re: Peter Kohlmann has brain damage, I think.

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Subject	Re: Peter Kohlmann has brain damage, I think.
Date	Mon, 28 Mar 2016 23:32:47 +0000 (UTC)
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In comp.os.linux.advocacy Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> wrote:
> You (PeterKöhlmann) wrote:
>> It is *never* a good idea to use unreferenced variables, 
>                                ^^^
> Again, an "unreferenced variable" ( warning C4101 ) 
> is a variable that's declared but NOT USED.
> 
> Declaring a variable, or even a bunch of variables,
> then not using them, perhaps because you've temporarily
> commented out some code, is NEVER a problem.
> 
> You've never made any sense Pete, not once,
> not in all your decades of posting here.
> Honestly, I think you have brain damage.

anon@lowtide:~/code$ gcc -Wall -o warn1 warn1.c
anon@lowtide:~/code$ gcc -Wall -o warn2 warn2.c
warn2.c: In function ‘blah’:
warn2.c:19:6: warning: unused variable ‘x’ [-Wunused-variable]
  int x=4;
      ^
anon@lowtide:~/code$ ./warn1
x: 0
y: 4
sum: 4
anon@lowtide:~/code$ ./warn2
x: 0
y: 0
sum: 0
anon@lowtide:~/code$ 

anon@lowtide:~/code$ diff -u warn1.c warn2.c
--- warn1.c	2016-03-28 19:25:07.362314096 -0400
+++ warn2.c	2016-03-28 19:25:29.474314499 -0400
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
 void blah(void)
 {
  int x=4;
- y=x;
+/* y=x; */
 }
 
anon@lowtide:~/code$

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Eternal-September  Motzarella  Aioe  Dizum  Albasani Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-03-27 09:21 -0700
  Re: Eternal-September  Motzarella  Aioe  Dizum  Albasani Nobody <nobody@nowhere.net> - 2016-03-27 12:25 -0400
  Eternal-September Motzarella Aioe Dizum Albasani Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-03-27 09:51 -0700
    Usenet, eMail, CraigsList, WikiPedia, etc. allow <PRE>. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-03-27 10:13 -0700
      Re: Usenet, eMail, CraigsList, WikiPedia, etc. allow <PRE>. benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-03-28 00:55 -0400
        Re: Usenet, eMail, CraigsList, WikiPedia, etc. allow <PRE>. jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-03-28 05:57 +0000
  Re: Eternal-September Motzarella Aioe Dizum Albasani Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-03-27 22:04 +0200
  Re: Eternal-September  Motzarella  Aioe  Dizum  Albasani tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-03-27 19:53 -0400
    Re: Eternal-September  Motzarella  Aioe  Dizum  Albasani chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-03-28 07:23 -0500
  Re: Eternal-September  Motzarella  Aioe  Dizum  Albasani Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-03-28 01:59 +0200
    Re: Eternal-September  Motzarella  Aioe  Dizum  Albasani chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-03-28 07:44 -0500
      My code only does what _I_ want, not what "you" want. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-03-28 06:15 -0700
      My code only does what _I_ want, not what "you" want. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-03-28 06:17 -0700
        Re: My code only does what _I_ want, not what "you" want. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-03-28 19:33 +0000
        Re: My code only does what _I_ want, not what "you" want. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-03-28 23:41 +0200
          How could defining a variable, and not using it, be a problem ? Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-03-28 14:52 -0700
            Re: How could defining a variable, and not using it, be a problem ? Somebody <somebody@nowhere.net> - 2016-03-28 18:01 -0400
            Re: How could defining a variable, and not using it, be a problem ? Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-03-29 00:25 +0200
              Re: How could defining a variable, and not using it, be a problem ? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-03-28 18:30 -0400
                Re: How could defining a variable, and not using it, be a problem ? Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-03-29 00:50 +0200
                Re: How could defining a variable, and not using it, be a problem ? Somebody <somebody@nowhere.net> - 2016-03-28 18:54 -0400
                Re: How could defining a variable, and not using it, be a problem ? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-03-28 21:10 -0400
              Peter Kohlmann has brain damage, I think. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-03-28 15:53 -0700
                Re: Peter Kohlmann has brain damage, I think. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-03-28 23:32 +0000
          Re: My code only does what _I_ want, not what "you" want. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-03-29 07:24 -0500

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