Re: [boost] Can we suppress integer_traits warnings?

Subject: Re: [boost] Can we suppress integer_traits warnings?
From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-27 18:34:34

Steven Watanabe wrote:
> AMDG
> 
> Mateusz Loskot wrote:
>> John Maddock wrote:
>>  
>>>> It is also possible to suppress this warning by a command line
>>>> switch -Wno-long-long
>>>>       
>>> Sure, but we need to fix the *library header file* so it doesn't emit
>>>  warnings even when the user has asked for those warnings: we do this
>>>  already for long long usage within Boost, but I can't find a
>>> workaround for constants with LL suffixes.
>>>     
>>
>> Hmm, it may even look like violation of the Boost guideline:
>>
>> "Don't declare integral constant expressions whose type is
>> wider than int."
>>
>> http://www.boost.org/development/int_const_guidelines.html
>>   
> 
> This is irrelevant since constant in question is LLONG_MAX.
> There's no way around a large integer constant.  In addition,
> this code in question is in the middle of a bunch of compiler
> #ifdefs, so portability issues should already be handled.

Thank you for clarification, makes sense.

Best regards,
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