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 23:28 +0000
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scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:

> Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> writes:
>>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.
>
> Since most of that code was written in a 32-bit world, if you're building
> it in 64-bit worlds  -Wall is probably a good idea to sort out any
> pointer casting issues.

Yes, good point.  But I don't think the code is abandoned, it just has
some old parts (that's my guess anyway).  In other words, he might be
wise to assume that such issues have been addressed at some point in the
last decade or two.

-- 
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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