GNU bug report logs - #23640
25.1.50; Getting rid of compiler warnings

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>

Date: Sat, 28 May 2016 18:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.1.50

Done: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #64 received at 23640 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 23640 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#23640: 25.1.50; Getting rid of compiler warnings
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2016 02:19:44 -0400

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Your patch seems reasonable to me.

The reason I chose the name UNUSED is that I had in mind
it would stand for just the initial value (without the =).
But then I imitated the suggestion to include the =.
You're right that name UNUSED is not appropriate for that.

So I suggest

  char *ident_start = UNUSED;

and so on.  That should make it very clear, and the name
fits what it does.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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