Re: [boost] [warnings] Are warnings acceptable artifacts from builds?

Subject: Re: [boost] [warnings] Are warnings acceptable artifacts from builds?
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-09-09 05:02:55

Sid Sacek wrote:
> Just curious, when I use certain libraries, I get compiler warnings.
> 
> Are these simply acceptable during a build, or should they be reported to somebody ?
> 
> The latest warning I'm seeing are:
> 
> 
> Warning               4              warning C4245: 'initializing' : conversion from 'int' to 'const boost::detail::mask_uint_t<8>::least', signed/unsigned mismatch         C:\Trunk.3.1\ThirdParty\boost\crc.hpp 377
> Warning               5              warning C4245: 'initializing' : conversion from 'int' to 'const boost::detail::mask_uint_t<16>::least', signed/unsigned mismatch         C:\Trunk.3.1\ThirdParty\boost\crc.hpp 400

I suggest you file a bug.
You can also provide a patch, since the fix is easy.