RE: False positive warning: missing return statement and switch statements

["Steven L. Zook" <SLZook@Qualstar.com>]

What happens when someone calls with:

toInt( (Number)3 );

C/C++ lets you cast any numeric to an enum.

-----Original Message-----
From: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org [mailto:gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org] On
Behalf Of Frans Englich
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 2:21 PM
To: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: False positive warning: missing return statement and switch
statements


Hello,

For the code below, when I invoke "g++ -Wall file.cpp" with GCC version
3.3.4, I get:

file.cpp: In function `int toInt(Number)':
file.cpp:20: warning: control reaches end of non-void function

------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
enum Number
{
        Zero,
        One,
        Two
};

int toInt(const Number num)
{
        switch(num)
        {
                case Zero:
                        return 0;
                case One:
                        return 1;
                case Two:
                        return 2;
        }
}

int main()
{
        Number num = Zero;
        return toInt(num);
}
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-

I don't understand why the warning is issued. Isn't it fair to assume
that the argument(const Number num) is correct since it is strongly
typed, by being an enumerator?


Cheers,

		Frans