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Subject: Re: [boost] [new Warnings policy] MS C4180 on the Maintenance Guidelines
From: Paul A. Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-18 05:51:54
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On
Behalf Of
> Emil Dotchevski
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:15 PM
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [boost] [new Warnings policy] MS C4180 on the Maintenance
Guideline
> Why not replace all that by "No warnings should be emitted by Boost
> code. Use your best judgment to either fix or suppress the warning"
> followed by information on how warnings can be suppressed on various
> compilers?
>
> Rationale:
>
> A) Users don't care why they don't see warnings.
I think they *do* care about code quality, and dealing with warnings makes a
contribution (perhaps small).
> B) Even if they did, if the build log has no warnings it is prohibitively
difficult to investigate why that is.
Sorry, but I'm not clear what part you suggest replacing.
Paul
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