From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Dec 4 18:57:36 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 4 18:57:33 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from netau1.alcanet.com.au (ntp.alcanet.com.au [203.62.196.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEE2637B400 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 18:57:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from mfg1.cim.alcatel.com.au (mfg1.cim.alcatel.com.au [139.188.23.1]) by netau1.alcanet.com.au (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA23833; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 13:56:51 +1100 (EDT) Received: from gsmx07.alcatel.com.au by cim.alcatel.com.au (PMDF V5.2-32 #37645) with ESMTP id <01JXCIWJYL5SEAFFSI@cim.alcatel.com.au>; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 13:56:46 +1100 Received: (from jeremyp@localhost) by gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (8.11.0/8.11.0) id eB52uk896497; Tue, 05 Dec 2000 13:56:46 +1100 (EST envelope-from jeremyp) Content-return: prohibited Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 13:56:46 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy Subject: Re: lint In-reply-to: <200011232049.NAA17951@freeway.dcfinc.com>; from chad@DCFinc.com on Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 01:49:16PM -0700 To: "Chad R. Larson" Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mail-followup-to: "Chad R. Larson" , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <20001205135646.B95349@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i References: <20001123193652.V27042@speedy.gsinet> <200011232049.NAA17951@freeway.dcfinc.com> Sender: jeremyp@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 2000-Nov-23 13:49:16 -0700, "Chad R. Larson" wrote: >But GCC with the right switches can do a better job than Lint anyway GCC won't report `returned value ignored'. AFAIK, this is primarily due to the LISP-like viewpoint of it's authors - they don't see that ignoring a returned value is in any way abnormal. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message