From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by sourceware.org (Postfix, from userid 48) id 14FEB3858C52; Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:13:38 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 14FEB3858C52 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gcc.gnu.org; s=default; t=1674209618; bh=QnTxsrlFHUSze+KeDobp5TpE3JEJfTxxiyagjXp9kU4=; h=From:To:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=yhejOXTdwM29U8A/IpcDWm0jQvfiUVsVHt4MdC+2SGFgeflf8MjsF+x2PzAe+GKQw uFyIssnsIibEdTg5XcnP0NT9AYGKg0FO6U5ZhZhkjFmx99TuHWg3ZmZYwQgsSAFjN6 LV538519MHA8L3Lg9ACWywDu3i3iBVQcee6lFnFc= From: "jakub at gcc dot gnu.org" To: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: [Bug c/108476] Please turn -Wreturn-type on by default for C Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:13:37 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: gcc X-Bugzilla-Component: c X-Bugzilla-Version: 12.2.1 X-Bugzilla-Keywords: diagnostic X-Bugzilla-Severity: enhancement X-Bugzilla-Who: jakub at gcc dot gnu.org X-Bugzilla-Status: UNCONFIRMED X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: P3 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: cc Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Id: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D108476 Jakub Jelinek changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jakub at gcc dot gnu.org --- Comment #2 from Jakub Jelinek --- The reason it is enabled by default for C++ is that the 2 languages differ significantly in this regard. Falling through the end of a non-void functi= on in C++ is undefined behavior, in C it is not, in C it is only UB if the cal= ler actually uses the uninitialized return value (which is much harder to warn about). And in C it is enabled in -Wall, which you should use anyway if you care ab= out warnings.=