https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16351

--- Comment #24 from Manuel López-Ibáñez <manu at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Tim Ruehsen from comment #23)

> The requested warning is an absolutely must-have (enabled by default).
> Seeing this bug open since 2004 is... well ... I have no words.

GCC needs lots of more developers. Not "experts" or "hackers", but simply
people with some patience and curiosity and basic knowledge about C/C++ and
compiling and debugging code in GNU/Linux. We need people that can focus on
things like this for a couple of hours every week for months and get it done
from start to finish.

Paid developers are paid to work on other things (targets, optimizations,
extensions) and rarely have the time and focus necessary to get projects like
this finished. Volunteers are few and we already have our hands very full with
our own little projects.

I can give you many examples of old "must-have" bugs that are "easy" to fix,
but simply there is no one with enough time and motivation to get them done.

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