Date: 27 Jul 2001 14:45:32 +0200 From: Assar Westerlund <assar@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -Wconversion and mode_t Message-ID: <5lg0bimtg3.fsf@assaris.sics.se> In-Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn's message of "Fri, 27 Jul 2001 13:41:25 %2B0200" References: <89312.996234085@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
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Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> writes: > How on earth is one supposed to shut up the -Wconversion warnings > generated for all the functions that take mode_t arguments? > > I've tried every sane typecast I can think of to prove to the compiler > that I know what I'm doing, but it won't shut up. > > /usr/src/usr.sbin/config is a good example. Its Makefile sets > BDECFLAGS, which includes -Wconversion. IMHO, -Wconversion is bogus in an ANSI/ISO world and trying to rewrite code to avoid those warnings is not useful. /assar To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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