From owner-cvs-all Tue Jan 19 15:31:49 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA24888 for cvs-all-outgoing; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 15:31:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ceia.nordier.com (c2-52-dbn.dial-up.net [196.34.155.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA24877; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 15:31:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rnordier@nordier.com) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by ceia.nordier.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id BAA21072; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 01:13:05 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199901192313.BAA21072@ceia.nordier.com> Subject: Re: -Werror In-Reply-To: <199901192209.OAA14312@hub.freebsd.org> from Bill Paul at "Jan 19, 99 02:09:41 pm" To: wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG (Bill Paul) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 01:13:04 +0200 (SAT) Cc: rnordier@nordier.com, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, bde@zeta.org.au X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id PAB24883 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Bill Paul wrote: > > Bruce Evans wrote: > > > > > People are already committing code that should be caught by -Werror: > > > > > > ../../netinet/if_ether.c: In function `arpresolve': ../../netinet/if_ether.c:330: warning: `la' might be used uninitialized in this function > > > `la' _is_ used uninitialized in this function. > > > > Last I heard, folks intent on establishing -Werror as a default > > option were being threatened with mayhem or worse. > > Last _I_ heard, using an uninitialized variable could also lead to > mayhem or worse. I think if we apply the Bruce to english translation > filter, the point here is: "This code is buggy: could whoever mangled > it last please fix it?" Hmm. You're certainly right as far as this error is concerned. > And no, I won't tell you where I got my Bruce to english filter. Damn. Though I won't complain if you send a copy to Bruce. :-) -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message