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coreutils-8.12 compiler warning

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Joachim Schmitz <jojo <at> schmitz-digital.de>
Cc: 9064-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9064: coreutils-8.12 compiler warning
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:32:44 +0100

On 13/07/11 10:13, Joachim Schmitz wrote:
> Double backet does not fix this warning. It is the HP NonStop c89 and c99
> compiler without having disabled warnings (all warnings are on by default)
> If it isn't a bug, forget about it, or maybe add a comment next to that line
> about this.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pádraig Brady [mailto:P <at> draigBrady.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 11:05 AM
> To: Joachim Schmitz
> Cc: 9064 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Subject: Re: bug#9064: coreutils-8.12 compiler warning
> 
> On 13/07/11 08:55, Joachim Schmitz wrote:
>> I found this in mktemp.c, line344 (well, my compiler found it for me 
>> and warned about 'possible use of "=" where "==" was intended'):
>>
>>       if (!dry_run && (stdout_closed = true) && close_stream (stdout) 
>> != 0)
>>
>> Not sure whether this is bug or feature ;-)
> 
> Well it's a feature.
> We could reorganize but it would add a few more lines.
> What compiler (option) is this?
> Is the warning avoided by using double brackets like ((stdout_closed =
> true))

I also notice SGI's compiler has similar issues
http://archive.apache.org/gnats/2528

closing this.

cheers,
Pádraig.

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