[Python-Dev] cpython (3.2): Avoid the compiler warning about the unused return value.

[Benjamin Peterson]

2012/1/21 Gregory P. Smith <greg at krypto.org>:
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Stefan Krah <stefan at bytereef.org> wrote:
>> Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org> wrote:
>>> > Can't that give you another warning about the ssize_t being truncated to
>>> > int?
>>> > How about the following instead?
>>> >
>>> >   (void) write(...);
>>>
>>> Also, if you use a recent enough version of gcc, ./configure will
>>> disable the warning. I would prefer if stop using these kinds of
>>> hacks.
>>
>> Do you mean (void)write(...)? Many people think this is good practice,
>> since it indicates to the reader that the return value is deliberately
>> ignored.
>
> Unfortunately (void) write(...) does not get rid of the warning.
>
> Asking me to change the version of the compiler i'm using is
> unfortunately not helpful.  I don't want to see this warning on any
> common default compiler versions today.

I'm not asking you to. I'm just saying this annoyance (which is all it
is) has been fixed when the infrastructure is new enough to support
it.

>
> I am not going to use a different gcc/g++ version than what my distro
> provides to build python unless we start making that demand of all
> CPython users as well.
>
> It is normally a useful warning message, just not in this specific case.

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Regards,
Benjamin