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Article #2289Re: comment style
From: Karl Heuer
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 1991 20:01
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 1991 20:01
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In article <1991Jan08.164014.26804@sco.COM> ron@scocan.sco.COM (Ron Irvine) writes: >[The code fragment "a = 100/*p /* calculate first factor */" was compiled >with no warning on four diferent compilers, one of which was gcc.] gcc does indeed flag this, provided you have the warnings enabled with -Wall. I strongly recommend using this option, and avoiding those coding styles% that violate the assumptions it uses. (In fact, I normally compile my own code with gcc -Wall -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings, and lint it as well.) Karl W. Z. Heuer (karl@ima.isc.com or uunet!ima!karl), The Walking Lint ________ % In particular, the (legal but questionable) /*#define BSD 1 /* uncomment this line for BSD systems */
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!zaphod!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!att!ima!dirtydog!karl From: karl@ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: comment style Message-ID: <1991Jan14.200141.7551@dirtydog.ima.isc.com> Date: 14 Jan 91 20:01:41 GMT References: <1991Jan08.164014.26804@sco.COM> Sender: news@dirtydog.ima.isc.com (NEWS ADMIN) Organization: Interactive Systems Lines: 13