Re: FVWM: Compiler warnings

From: Gregg Dameron <gregg.dameron_at_lmco.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:50:58 -0700

Walter Dnes wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 06:55:54PM -0700, Gregg Dameron wrote
> > The Solaris C compiler (acc) complains when building fvwm2. In our shop
> > we tend to get nervous about such things, since we will be providing
> > systems (with fvwm2 installed) to our end users, and must answer to any
> > bug reports they submit. (They have a real knack for exposing weird,
> > intermittent anomalies.) As a result, we've developed a healthy respect
> > for compiler warnings. What follows are the warnings from a build of
> > 2.4.6. Any plans to address these?
>
> This issue also shows up with Mozilla, whose development newsgroups I
> follow. Short answer... Solaris' native compiler is *NOT* ansi standard.
> Install a standard compiler like gcc. That will solve not only fvwm2
> compilation warnings/errors, but everything else that expects standard C.
>

Changing compilers doesn't address our concern. In fact, using "gcc
-pedantic" produces warnings similar to acc's. It comes down to this: a
small number of fvwm2 source files have ANSI-related issues. Perhaps all of
them are benign. Perhaps none of them will ever show up as a runtime
anomaly. But there's this nagging thought: If the producers of acc and gcc
went to the trouble to warn us about something the ANSI C committee frowns
upon, isn't it prudent to pay attention?

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> Walter Dnes <waltdnes_at_waltdnes.org>
> Standards are so wonderful; everybody wants to have their own.
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