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Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 11:07:09 -0400
From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: __attribute__((unused)), gcc get's confused...?
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Nate Eldredge wrote:

> > >  b.cc(1) Error: parse error before `__attribute__'
> > >  In function `int main(...)':
> > I don't think you said it was a C++ program in your original message
> > (if you did, I missed it and I apologize).  __attribute__ support in
> > the C++ compiler has several bugs, up to and including the current
> > pretest versions of GCC 2.95.  FWIW, your example compiles without any
> > problems as a C program.
> You can get the same effect (silencing the warning) by inserting a dummy
> statement in the function that casts the variable to void.  i.e.
> void foo(int unused) {
>    (void)unused;
> }

    Thanx, but I already found a better way to silence the warning in C++,
simply don't give the parameter a name, and g++ won't expect a usage.


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