http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61081
--- Comment #3 from Marek Polacek <polacek at redhat dot com> --- On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 06:33:03PM +0000, peter_e at gmx dot net wrote: > http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61081 > > --- Comment #2 from Peter Eisentraut <peter_e at gmx dot net> --- > No, these "functions" need to have a usable return value, because someone > could > write > > if (!sigemptyset(...)) > weirderror(); So would the following work for you? #define sigemptyset(set) (__extension__ ({ *(set) = 0; 0; }))