[Info-vax] [OT?] Should compiler warnings be treated as errors ?

[Simon Clubley]

Interesting article in The Register:

https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/08/compromise_linux_kernel_compiler_warnings/

Linus has modified the Linux build procedures to turn compiler warnings
into errors. I strongly agree with him and it's the same flag I use on
my own code.

However, some other people do not agree with him. Given how important
the Linux kernel has become, I am surprised by that. There would be
some initial cleanup pain, but IMHO, it's a flag that should have
been enabled long ago and you never know if that cleanup will find
some issues in the existing code.

What do you think ? Should compiler warnings be treated as errors ?

Simon.

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