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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
To: Lancelot SIX <lsix@lancelotsix.com>
Cc: Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>,  gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] Use .def file to stringify type codes
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 07:10:06 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87jzsd5bdd.fsf@tromey.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230925215810.jhxq35iznktykrzl@octopus> (Lancelot SIX's message of "Mon, 25 Sep 2023 22:58:10 +0100")

>>>>> "Lancelot" == Lancelot SIX <lsix@lancelotsix.com> writes:

>> +    default:
>> +      return "UNKNOWN TYPE CODE";

Lancelot> Is this default "just" to make the compiler happy?  I don't expect it
Lancelot> should ever executed.  If so, I usually prefer the following construct:

It's just to avoid any semantic change.
I doubt it can happen -- it certainly isn't supposed to happen.

Lancelot> The return after the switch block avoids the "control reaches end of
Lancelot> non-void function" error, but since there is no "default:" the compiler
Lancelot> can warn if some enumerator is not covered by the switch.

I'll do it.

Tom

  reply	other threads:[~2023-09-26 13:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-09-21 18:01 [PATCH 0/7] Remove char-based bitfield macros Tom Tromey
2023-09-21 18:01 ` [PATCH 1/7] Use .def file to stringify type codes Tom Tromey
2023-09-25 21:58   ` Lancelot SIX
2023-09-26 13:10     ` Tom Tromey [this message]
2023-09-21 18:01 ` [PATCH 2/7] Print field accessibility inline Tom Tromey
2023-09-21 18:01 ` [PATCH 3/7] Remove byte vectors from cplus_struct_type Tom Tromey
2023-09-25 22:32   ` Lancelot SIX
2023-10-27 14:20     ` Tom Tromey
2023-09-21 18:01 ` [PATCH 4/7] Add field::is_public Tom Tromey
2023-09-21 18:01 ` [PATCH 5/7] Remove some QUIT calls from need_access_label_p Tom Tromey
2023-09-21 18:01 ` [PATCH 6/7] Remove some type field accessor macros Tom Tromey
2023-09-21 18:01 ` [PATCH 7/7] Remove char-based bitfield macros Tom Tromey

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