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Date:      Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:56:09 +1100 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>
To:        Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, eadler@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r231817 - head/usr.sbin/IPXrouted
Message-ID:  <20120216194921.X1656@besplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <20120216.164332.2209961872967607025.hrs@allbsd.org>
References:  <201202160517.q1G5H6Z0000155@svn.freebsd.org> <20120216.164332.2209961872967607025.hrs@allbsd.org>

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On Thu, 16 Feb 2012, Hiroki Sato wrote:

> Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> wrote
>  in <201202160517.q1G5H6Z0000155@svn.freebsd.org>:
>
> ea> Author: eadler
> ea> Date: Thu Feb 16 05:17:06 2012
> ea> New Revision: 231817
> ea> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/231817
> ea>
> ea> Log:
> ea>   Fix warning when compiling with gcc46

> IMHO it is not a good idea to remove unused code partially like this
> or unused code in one from another project if you just want to
> suppress a compiler warning.  It may suppress the warning, but
> remaining bits in comments and/or conditional parts where the
> compiler does not complain make developers confused.  I think it is
> more harmful than the warning.

This is another example of the phenomenon that small bikesheds are the
hardest to paint :-).  It is surprisingly difficult to make many small
harmless-looking changes correctly without knowing their full context,
since just determining their full context may take a day or three.
Each.

Bruce



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