Subj : Re: G.3 compileriler warnings on CentOS 8
To   : Vincent Coen
From : James Digriz
Date : Fri Sep 04 2020 11:38 am

Vincent Coen wrote to James Digriz:
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VC> 
VC> I am running the code at least for 1.0.7.17 with a large amount of 
VC> warnings.
VC> 

Ok, if you're not having any issues can I disregard the warnings for now.  
 
VC> 
VC> The problem is the code was done for older versions of the gcc compiler 
VC> such
VC> as
VC> v4 and as time and versions have come out the warning count has increased.
VC> 

Right, these are more like warnings of *potential* issues for cases where
bounds checking is either more relevant or is being done on a different basis
than the compiler now expects. 
 
VC> I guess no one knows enough about the compiler and mbse to do some fixes 
VC> as I
VC> suspect that if a few is dealt with the rest will also be dealt with as 
VC> they
VC> are all similar.
VC> 

At least there don't appear to any real problems in the code beyond annoying
the compiler. I'll weigh in with more if and when I get a chance to study this
at length. 

Thanks,
jbdigriz     


    Greetings, James Digriz
    email: jbdigriz@bbs.dragonsweb.org

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