Re: [boost] [units] gcc warnings

Subject: Re: [boost] [units] gcc warnings
From: Stewart, Robert (Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-15 12:50:40

Emil Dotchevski wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 3:55 AM, Stewart, Robert
> <Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > Jürgen Hunold wrote:
> >>
> >> I start using Boost.Units for a new project and found some
> >> annyoing warnings when compiling with "-Wall -Wextra" and
> >> "-Wconversion"
> >
> >> /home/hunold/src/devel/boost/boost/units/io.hpp: In function 'int
> >> boost::units::get_flags(std::ios_base&, int)':
> >> /home/hunold/src/devel/boost/boost/units/io.hpp:163: warning:
> >> conversion to
> >> 'int' from 'long int' may alter its value [-Wconversion]
> >>
> >> Patch using an explicit static_cast<int> for the return value
> >> attached.
> >
> > Do you know that the long int value can never exceed the
> > range of int?  If not, the static_cast will simply mask the
> > problem.
>
> With or without the static_cast, if the long int value exceeds the
> range of an int you're screwed. The only difference the cast makes is
> that you won't get the warning.

You snipped the part in which I suggested an exception to indicate the overflow.  That leaves the error handling to the calling code.

> The problem with using casts to silence warnings is that silencing the
> warning is a side effect of altering of the behavior of what is
> usually a correct program.

I can't quite parse that, but I was advocating against the OP's plan to simply mask the conversion with a cast.

I have to wonder if you actually meant to reply to the OP and not me.

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Rob Stewart                           robert.stewart_at_[hidden]
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