http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57647
Marek Polacek <mpolacek at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mpolacek at gcc dot gnu.org --- Comment #1 from Marek Polacek <mpolacek at gcc dot gnu.org> --- While 4.7 issues warning: value computed is not used, 4.8 and 4.9 do not for int main () { char bar = 4; char *foo = &bar; (unsigned long *)foo++; return 0; } For 4.7, you can just add cast to void (void) (unsigned long *)foo++; to silence the warning.