From:	mdruiter AT cs DOT vu DOT nl
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Subject:	Re: __attribute__((unused)), gcc get's confused...?
Date:	Tue, 27 Jul 1999 12:57:53 GMT
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Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca> wrote:
> int main(int argc __attribute__((unused)), char** argv)
>  b.cc(1) Error: parse error before `__attribute__'

To tell gcc (and other compilers) that an argument is unused _in C++_
(*not* in C, use __attribute__((unused)) there!), just do not give the
variable a name:

int main(int, char* argv[])

It might even be specified in the ANSI C++ draft IIRC.

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Groeten, *Michel*       _http://www.cs.vu.nl/~mdruiter_

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