Re: how to let gcc warn me when I use = in conditions

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:21:38 GMT, gazelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kenny
McCormack) wrote:

>In article <j680c1hu1m3tjrmd5tnd8j7lnhsf9u08e7@xxxxxxx>,
>Alan Balmer <albalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>...
>>>If we carry this reasoning to the extreme the
>>>compiler should execute:
>>>
>>> fprintf(stderr, "WARNING \"%s\" may be invalid\n",
>>> current_token);
>>>
>>>after each lexical extraction from the source! :-) I envision
>>>marketing difficulties.
>>
>>Nonsense. Issuing a warning for all cases, as many (most?) compilers
>>can be asked to do, is no more likely to lead to this than your notion
>>of issuing the warning for only some cases.
>
>Whoosh!

Not exactly, but jokes don't improve the notion, either, and the
attempted distraction is temporary - he'll be making the same old
suggestion, followed by the same old argument, again soon.

--
Al Balmer
Balmer Consulting
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