Re: [rfa] more all-target -Werror patches

[David Carlton <carlton at math dot stanford dot edu>]

On Tue, 1 Oct 2002 15:37:12 -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> said:
> On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 12:31:51PM -0700, Michael Snyder wrote:

>> I'm uneasy about inserting semi-random stuff just to quiet a
>> compiler complaint that doesn't necessarily make sense (is the
>> compiler wrong?)  Certainly it should be documented if you do it,
>> else someone later may take it out, not knowing what it's there
>> for.

> Well, it's right.  Labels without any expression to label aren't
> legal C.

I'm glad to know it's right; on the other hand, I agree with Michael
that it should be documented.  How about I change the existing comment

  /* need to do something here */

to

  /* FIXME: We need to do something here.  For now, just put in a
     semicolon so the label has an expression to stick to.  (GCC will
     complain otherwise.)  */

And yes, I realize that FIXME's should ideally have a name attached to
them, but that name should be the author of the original comment
rather than mine, and I don't know who that is.

David Carlton
carlton@math.stanford.edu