Re: [Boost-users] Experience with dealing with warnings from the Clang toolset?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Experience with dealing with warnings from the Clang toolset?
From: Paul A. Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-06 10:29:39

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> > Vicente Botet
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> > Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Experience with dealing with warnings from the Clang toolset?
> >
> > Paul A. Bristow-2 wrote
> > > I have added a little information on dealing with warnings  when
> > > using the Clang toolset at
> > >
> > > https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/Guidelines/WarningsGuidelines
> > >
> > > but I am sure there are people using Clang who can provide more
> > > detailed information and suggestions from their experiences.
> > do you know if something like the macro is available on Boost? It
> > could be adapted to also to clang.

> I may give it a try (to avoid Mbyte of warnings (mainly from Boost library code - not mine) :-(
> 
> but I was hoping someone had done this already :-)

But since nobody has volunteered, here is my first stab at a worked example using a Macro adapted
from Jonathan Wakely's  version for GCC.

But having tried it out, I conclude that eliminating warnings by better coding is much less trouble
than playing "whack a mole" supressing for all known compilers!

I have added this to the wiki page on warnings.

https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/Guidelines/WarningsGuidelines

Other informed input still needed.

Paul

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