On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Jonathan Wakely> * Additional `-W...` flags are introduced in new gcc/g++ versions, which
> > check for new potential code smells, possibly related to later language > > standards. That's great (thanks!). > > And the most widely useful ones are added to -Wall so you don't need > to know about them and add them explicitly. > "Most" != "All". IMVHO it is too strong to say "you don't need to know about [other ones]". You might say you don't _typically_ need to know about them. Quite possibly so; but the feature request is for the use case of people who, like me, find some of the non-Wall non-Wextra warnings to be useful. These additional flags exist for a reason...