Re: [boost] [Wiki] Changes in information about gcc warnings.

Subject: Re: [boost] [Wiki] Changes in information about gcc warnings.
From: Stewart, Robert (Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-20 08:54:37

Patrick Horgan wrote:
> On 01/19/2011 07:18 AM, Stewart, Robert wrote:
>
> > "This causes GCC to issue all required diagnostics of the
> > language standard given by the -std=xxxx option (the default
> > is -std=gnu++98) and to warn about the use of GCC extensions.
> > (This would, for instance, warn about the use of #ident,
> > which is a non-standard, GCC extension.)  Some of the
> > warnings this option will trigger can be suppressed, such as
> > the use of long long in C++98 code with -Wno-long-long, but
> > most cannot.
>
> Nice.  Do you think that there should be information about
> suppression here, (and I suppose if here, then also in the
> sections on -Wall and -Wextra), when there's a whole section
> on gcc suppression?

It wouldn't hurt to reference the suppression section in the context of -Wall and -Wextra.  However, -pedantic is special in my mind because it doesn't start with "-W," because it is a whole collection of warnings not otherwise addressed, and not all of its warnings can be suppressed.  Therefore, referencing the suppression section would be good, but a disclaimer is warranted.

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Rob Stewart                           robert.stewart_at_[hidden]
Software Engineer, Core Software      using std::disclaimer;
Susquehanna International Group, LLP  http://www.sig.com

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