Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] compiler: add ignore_value() macro

[Eric Blake]

On 10/25/2016 10:21 AM, Felipe Franciosi wrote:
> 
>> On 12 Oct 2016, at 18:20, Felipe Franciosi <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On 21 Sep 2016, at 19:15, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 09/21/2016 10:27 AM, Felipe Franciosi wrote:
>>>> On GCC versions 3.4 and newer, simply using (void) in front of a
>>>> function that has been declared with WUR will no longer suppress a
>>>> compilation warning. This commit brings the ignore_value() macro from
>>>> GNULIB's ignore_value.h, licensed under the terms of LGPLv2+.
>>>>
>>>> See the link below for the original author's comment:
>>>> https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg05148.html
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Felipe Franciosi <address@hidden>
>>>> ---
>>>> include/qemu/compiler.h | 8 ++++++++
>>>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
>>>

> 
> Ping?

It's missed 2.8, but I still think it is a useful patch; I just
commented on another thread about a case where a cast-to-void might look
better with the use of ignore_value().

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