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

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Message #74 received at 61730 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com,
 61730 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 22:22:58 -0500

  > > 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.

  > Thanks.  I guess this should be okay, but a test run over our sources
  > would be prudent before the final decision.

These sorts of warnings can be annoying.  Whoever actually writes
this, please show us the full list of warnings that you propose to
implement, before putting them into master.

Or, how about having an option to enable these warnings, with "off"
as the default?

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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