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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 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9064: coreutils-8.12 compiler warning
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:05:15 +0100

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))

cheers,
Pádraig.

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