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30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete

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Message #59 received at 61730 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com, 61730 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org,
 monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2023 13:34:51 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> In Emacs maintenance and development, the two cases are actually one.
> We rebuild Emacs so frequently that even a "rare" warning appears all
> the time and is annoying.  It is not a coincidence that we usually
> don't tolerate warnings during the build of Emacs.

What's your opinion about the case of non-destructive functions - is it
ok if we would always warn about thrown away return values of calls of
them?

Michael.

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