I refer to the very frequent warnings about signed/unsigned mismatches.
Can I please say this:
What does it matter if the signedness of pointers don't match? Surely it only
*really* matters when a pointer is actually dereferenced. That is the only
time when signedness really matters. The rest of the time you should be able
to switch between signed/unsigned to your heart's content because it doesn't
have any effect.
Why should a compiler generate warning messages about something that is quite
irrelevant?
It is only when you actually use a signed/unsigned pointer that the signedness
has any effect!
Please exclude those warnings from the -Wall setting and only have them enabled
if explicitly requested by some fastidious programmer who has pedants in
his/her pants.
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Summary: gcc outputs unnecessary warnings
Product: gcc
Version: 4.0.1
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: c
AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
ReportedBy: jw203198 at hotmail dot com
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25173
