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Re: AC_FLAGS_WARN_ALL changes proposed for inclusion in next autoconf re
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David A. Wheeler |
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Re: AC_FLAGS_WARN_ALL changes proposed for inclusion in next autoconf release |
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Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:10:38 -0400 (EDT) |
On Fri, 5 Sep 2014 13:12:11 -0400, "Visser, Dale" <address@hidden> wrote:
> Autoconf developers:
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> The basic idea is to overall enhance the security of code built using
> autoconf, by turning on compiler warnings that the developers wouldn't
> otherwise think to.
I think this is *awesome*. I would really like to see this included in
autoconf. It helps developers (by automatically warning them of problems) and
later builders (many build warnings are a warning signal that the code *may* be
of poor quality).
I note that this also includes "AC_APPEND_FLAG", which is a great
general-purpose mechanism for portably setting compiler flags (it only sets
flags if the compiler supports the flag).
--- David A. Wheeler