Re: strange compiling behaviour

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Simon Eilting <s-eilting gmx de> writes:
> 
>     The following is my problem:
> My program was supposed to read:
> 
>     ...
>     gtk_widget_set_events(widget, GDK_BUTTON_PRESS_MASK);
>     ...
> 
> but instead i misspelled it to be
> 
>     ...
>     gtk_widget_set_event(widget, GDK_BUTTON_PRESS_MASK);
>     ...
> 
> The code compiled without a complaint from gcc (3.0.4 btw), only the
> linker said 'undefinded reference'. Isn't this odd? Is there a
> function called 'gtk_widget_set_event', and if it is, why does the
> linker complain? If not, why does gcc not complain?
>     Is this a gcc bug or a gtk bug? Or is it me? Any clues anyone?
> 

gcc will only complain about that if you are using "-Wall", 
maybe that's the issue.

Havoc