Re: <OT> gcc -Wall

From: Ben Pfaff (blp_at_cs.stanford.edu)
Date: 07/13/04


Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 21:16:31 -0700

raviuday@gmail.com (Ravi Uday) writes:

> -Wall
> All of the `-W' options combined. These are all
> the options which pertain to usage that we recommend
> avoiding and that we believe is easy to avoid, even in
> conjunction with macros.
>
> Can anyone help me why does the author recommend to avoid this option(s),
> whereas in this group most of clc members recommend to do so before actually
> posting the code.

Where does the text recommend avoiding this option? It says that
you should avoid the usages that -Wall warns against, not that
you should avoid -Wall.

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