Re: Should C/C++ compilers be smart enough to catch this???

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From: KJK::Hyperion
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 23:23

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> Shouldn't compilers be smart enough to not create code that corrupts
> when it is pretty straighforward to realize that (1) there is an
> obvious discrepancy, for which a warning can easily be issued,

did you try the -W -Wall options? AFAIR, no return statement in a non-
void function *is* a candidate for a warning (e.g. the Borland compiler 
is especially smart to catch such execution path-related bugs), altough 
GCC by default is somewhat quiet

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Subject: Re: Should C/C++ compilers be smart enough to catch this???
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