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

Simon Clubley clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Sun Sep 12 09:17:02 EDT 2021


On 2021-09-12, Bob Gezelter <gezelter at rlgsc.com> wrote:
>
> As reported it is far easier to fix a compiler warning than to debug an error.
>  

Which is exactly the mindset in languages such as Ada, only they are
errors, not warnings, most of the time in Ada. :-) It is a mindset
I agree with.

Those who comment (or complain) about the Rust compiler being fussy
have clearly never written any code in Ada... :-)

Simon.

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