[boost] Re: BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT and g++ 3.4

From: Angus Leeming (angus.leeming_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-06 06:01:25

John Maddock wrote:
>> Clearly, I could add a spurious return statement after the assert, but
>> isn't g++ being a little over eager here? Can the warning not be
>> silenced by the library?
> 
> None: it would have to introduce a return statement to do so, and that
> would break so many things that I don't know where to begin.  Remember
> that many uses of BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT do expect it to compile, and
> generate neither code not data.

So the __noreturn__ command used by GNU's /usr/include/assert.h couldn't be
used?

/* This prints an "Assertion failed" message and aborts.  */
extern void __assert_fail (__const char *__assertion, __const char *__file,
                           unsigned int __line, __const char *__function)
     __THROW __attribute__ ((__noreturn__));

Oh well. Thanks.
Angus