http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52105
Bug #: 52105 Summary: Improved dead code identifying -Wunused-function? Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.6.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: enhancement Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: m-matti-a.lehto...@iki.fi In the code below, GCC gives warnings foobar.h:*:20: warning: ‘bar2a’ declared ‘static’ but never defined [-Wunused-function] foobar.c:*:20: warning: ‘bar2b’ declared ‘static’ but never defined [-Wunused-function] foobar.c:*:13: warning: ‘foo’ defined but not used [-Wunused-function] How ever, dead code, 'bar3b' or 'bar4' functions does not generate a warning like 'foo' does (gcc man page says: "Warn whenever a static function is declared but not defined or a non-inline static function is unused"). I wonder, if -Wunused-function could improved to generate warnings of inlined static functions that are not in header file or included to compiled file, while using C99 standard for compilation. //foobar.h inline void bar( void ); inline void bar( void ) {} static inline void bar1( void ); static inline void bar1( void ) {} static inline void bar2a( void ); static inline void bar3a( void ) {} static inline void bar5( void ) {} //foobar.c extern void bar( void ); extern void bar1( void ); static inline void bar2b( void ); static inline void bar3b( void ) {} static inline void bar4( void ); static inline void bar4( void ) {} extern void bar5( void ); static void foo( void ) {} CMD line used: cc -c -o foobar.o -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings -O0 -g -Wunused-result -Wunreachable-code -Wswitch-default -Wextra -Wshadow -Wstack-protector -std=gnu99 -fstack-protector -fstack-check ... foobar.c