From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Strange behavior of compiler.
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 21:29:31 +0100
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Hello.

Graaagh the Mighty wrote:
> Incidentally, one persistent annoyance has been the compiler failing
> to bomb if a return is omitted along some execution path in a function
> that's declared as returning a value. This obviously should be an
> error if the compiler can prove that the function can in fact fail to
> return a valid value for some inputs, and a warning in every other
> case.

Which version of gcc are you using (use: gcc -v)? Maybe if you upgrade to
a later version (e.g. 2.95.3 or 3.0), it will generate the warning you
want?

Bye,

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Richard Dawe
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