Re: c++/10538: gcc 3.2.3 does not issue a warning for "int a = a + 1" statements (fwd)

Re: c++/10538: gcc 3.2.3 does not issue a warning for "int a = a + 1" statements (fwd)

[Wolfgang Bangerth]

The following reply was made to PR c++/10538; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@ices.utexas.edu>
To: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: c++/10538: gcc 3.2.3 does not issue a warning for "int a = a +
 1" statements (fwd)
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:30:29 -0500 (CDT)

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 Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 16:35:46 +0200
 From: Remo Inverardi <invi@your.toilet.ch>
 To: bangerth@dealii.org
 Subject: Re: c++/10538: gcc 3.2.3 does not issue a warning for "int a = a +
     1" statements
 
  > You actually use a documented gcc extension to _suppress_ the
  > warning. I don't think I have an opinion about the usefulness
  > of this extension, so leave it to others to decide what to do
  > with the report.
 
 I just gave the current GCC documentation a second look, but I was not 
 able to identify the extension your referring to (?) ... what's more, I 
 just tried compiling the same code with -ansi, -pedantic, and -Wall 
 options, neither of which gave me a warning ...