Re: c/9072: -Wconversion should be split into two distinct flags

["Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28@cam.ac.uk>]

The following reply was made to PR c/9072; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28@cam.ac.uk>
To: <bangerth@dealii.org>,  <128950@bugs.debian.org>,  <agthorr@barsoom.org>, 
     <gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org>,  <segher@koffie.nl>,  <gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org>
Cc:  
Subject: Re: c/9072: -Wconversion should be split into two distinct flags
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 00:08:30 +0000 (GMT)

 On 2 Feb 2003 bangerth@dealii.org wrote:
 
 >     Has been analyzed. Patch is even in the audit trail, but
 >     seems to have become stuck in gcc's patch acceptance machinery...
 
 The patch isn't even one suitable for review, as it lacks testcases.  It
 is established procedure [0] that patches failing to follow the standards
 adequately get ignored.  Even with them, it just papers over particular
 problems rather than actually implementing a sensible consistent
 specification for -Wconversion.
 
 [0] This is very bad procedure; ignoring patches rather than explaining
 what is wrong is far too likely to lose potential contributors.  It is,
 however, what happens; patches not following the standards are more
 tedious to review than ones following the standards, and even many good
 patches following the standards get ignored.  However, this patch was not
 ignored; it received several comments on what ought to be done.
 
 I expect a patch that followed the GNU and GCC coding standards, including
 thorough testcases, and implemented the simple specification I gave for
 -Wconversion (warn for any implicit conversion that may change a value),
 would get reviewed.
 
 -- 
 Joseph S. Myers
 jsm28@cam.ac.uk