GNU bug report logs - #61730
30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete

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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: bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2023 16:09:40 +0100

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

> > 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?
>
> What are "non-destructive functions" in this context?

I mean all functions with either no side effects or such which may alter
original list structures but in unpredictable ways so that only the
return value is ever useful.

Michael.

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