From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16869 invoked by alias); 7 Dec 2001 00:59:18 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 16848 invoked from network); 7 Dec 2001 00:59:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO fencepost.gnu.org) (199.232.76.164) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 7 Dec 2001 00:59:18 -0000 Received: from mail-out2.apple.com ([17.254.0.51]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 16C9MD-0007lK-00 for ; Thu, 06 Dec 2001 19:59:17 -0500 Received: from mailgate2.apple.com (A17-129-100-225.apple.com [17.129.100.225]) by mail-out2.apple.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fB70xGX10550 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:59:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from scv2.apple.com (scv2.apple.com) by mailgate2.apple.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.2.1) with ESMTP id ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:59:13 -0800 Received: from johada (johada.apple.com [17.202.41.77]) by scv2.apple.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fB70xCZ14915; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:59:12 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 17:12:00 -0000 Subject: Re: -Wignored-returns? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v472) Cc: Dale Johannesen , gcc@gnu.org To: "David E. Weekly" From: Dale Johannesen In-Reply-To: <0b8101c17eb8$8dcdedd0$5c044589@legato.com> Message-Id: <9F56E022-EAAD-11D5-8923-003065C86F94@apple.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.472) X-SW-Source: 2001-12/txt/msg00337.txt.bz2 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