Re: [boost] [1.34.0beta] many, many warnings... :(

From: Sohail Somani (s.somani_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-02 12:13:22

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] 
> [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Vladimir Prus

> >> The problem is that the current regression reporting tools 
> don't count
> >> warnings (previous version use to), so there's nothing
> >> nagging developers
> >> about warnings introduced in their code.
> > 
> > If you treat warnings as errors 
> 
> Fine we me, but not necessary fine with everybody ;-). And I suspect
> Boost.Build's warnings-as-errors=on work only with few compilers.
> But few is better than none.

I don't see why it wouldn't be (after the warnings have been quieted.)
Can anyone see why? I know atleast the serialization library wants to
ignore the "no virtual destructor" warning, but explicitly ignoring the
warnings are par for the course providing you've investigated it (I
think Robert R. has.)

Thanks,

Sohail