Re: [boost] Official warnings policy?

Subject: Re: [boost] Official warnings policy?
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-06 20:57:33

on Wed Nov 04 2009, "Stewart, Robert" <Robert.Stewart-AT-sig.com> wrote:

> John Maddock wrote:
>>
>> I'm *not* saying we should do this for 1.41, but should we
>> have an official
>> policy regarding compiler warnings and which ones we regard
>> as "failures"?
>
> If Boost documents the warnings settings used for each compiler, then
> all maintainers will have a consistent target while users know exactly
> what to expect.  Obviously, individual maintainers may use stricter
> settings or cater to clients that do, but a minimum, consistent,
> documented policy would be highly useful for all concerned.

Hear, hear!

I'd like it if we could choose a policy that could possibly work but
might be too strict, with the understanding that we can decide by
consensus to selectively weaken it if the policy presents a problem for
any specific library.

> There should also be some policies about the sorts of warnings that
> are considered nuisance and will not be addressed.

...or *need* not be addressed.  IMO, any library author is free to jump
through as many extra hoops as he likes to suppress nuisances, but users
shouldn't expect them to.

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