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From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-12-04 14:16:11


Gennaro Prota <gennaro_prota_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Wed, 04 Dec 2002 10:07:48 -0500, David Abrahams
> <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>
>>No. There are several instances like the one I cited in our test suite
>>(the function lib, I think).
>
> Now I see, thanks. Unfortunately this is one of those typical
> situations where if one writes the code in order to silent a warning
> (or worse, an error) with a given compiler he gets the opposite
> warning (in this case an "unreachable code") with others. With simple
> functions like e.g.
>
>
> int f() { throw xyz(); }
>
> one can get out of trouble with a (well-commented)
>
> int f() { return throw xyz(), 0; }
>
>
> but I don't know if that's ok for your case (and anyway whether you
> find it preferable to a macro)

I don't. The macro is clearer.

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                       David Abrahams
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