Re: [boost] Re: Config and "unused variables"

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-09-25 08:13:08

From: <williamkempf_at_[hidden]>
> --- In boost_at_y..., John Maddock <John_Maddock_at_c...> wrote:
> > 
> > Just a thought but whats wrong with:
> > 
> > (void) parameter_name;
> > 
> > which suppresses the warning and doesn't generate any code, even 
> when
> > inline expansions are turned off in the compiler....
> 
> Nothing other than readability.  This doesn't document (within the 
> code) anything, except to a very few with intimate knowledge of this 
> trick *AND* who use it frequently.

typedef void ignore_unused_variable;

;-)

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Peter Dimov
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