Re: -Wignored-returns?

[Dale Johannesen <dalej@apple.com>]

On Thursday, December 6, 2001, at 04:46 PM, David E. Weekly wrote:

> Dale,
>
> Thanks for your prompt response, even if it's one that makes me sad.
>
> I don't really understand why GCC refuses to allow its users to specify 
> this
> option. I perfectly understand not including it in -W or -Wall, but not 
> even
> permitting this option to be made seems to be more about enforcing the
> particular tastes of the GCC developers than it does actually providing a
> useful compiler for users. ("Coming as I do from a Lisp background, I balk
> at the idea that there is something dangerous about discarding a value" 
> was
> the excuse given.) It's rather patronizing to have the GCC developer team
> tell us what coding style we want to use.

Personally I agree with you; I didn't write it.

> PS: Dale, if GDB on OS/X 10.1.1 is itself segfaulting and getting 
> "internal
> error"s right and left, are you the man with whom to speak?

No!  Try gdbhelp@group.apple.com