On 2019-03-12 21:56:59 +0100, David Brown wrote: > I disagree. To generate an unconditional error (rejecting the program), the > compiler would need such proof - such as by tracing execution from main(). > But to generate a warning activated specifically by the user, there is no > such requirement. It's fine to give a warning based on the code written, > rather than on code that the compiler knows without doubt will be executed.
There's already a bug about spurious warnings on shift counts: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4210 -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)