[Vala] Fwd: supressing warnings

[pancake <pancake youterm com>]

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> From: pancake <pancake youterm com>
> Date: September 12, 2009 10:59:34 AM GMT+02:00
> To: Ildar Mulyukov <ildar users sourceforge net>
> Subject: Re: [Vala] supressing warnings

> This is implemented in unix since the very old times, it is called  
> 'grep'
>
> Dropping warnings is not a solution. They are here to *warn* us for  
> problems we can suffer. Vala should generate correct c99 code with  
> no warnings if the written vala code is correct.
>
> Most of the warnings usually mean 'if you build this with another  
> compiler it will do something different, so fix it'
>
> On Sep 8, 2009, at 12:18 PM, Ildar Mulyukov <ildar users sourceforge net 
> > wrote:
>
> > On 01.09.2009 19:49:10, Adam Dingle wrote:
> > > When building any substantial Vala program, gcc outputs lots of  
> > > warnings like these as it processes the C code generated by valac:
> > > warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type
> > > warning: passing argument 1 of ‘foo’ discards qualifiers from po 
> > > inter target type
> >
> >   Hi!
> > As a more general statement, my IMHO.
> > It's a great thing (that C# standard introduced) the option
> > -nowarn:WARNLIST
> >   Makes the compiler ignore warnings specified in the  comma- 
> > separated list WARNLIST
> >
> > I'd be happy to see such an option in _any_ compiler. And Valac is  
> > the 1st in the list.
> > I'll file a feature request for it as soon as I get a faster  
> > internet (say, at the weekend).
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
> > Ildar  Mulyukov,  free SW designer/programmer
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