Should we warn if we detect null derefernces or void value uses ?
Stefan Koch via Digitalmars-d
digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Sun Dec 4 21:03:36 PST 2016
On Monday, 5 December 2016 at 04:59:01 UTC, ketmar wrote:
> On Monday, 5 December 2016 at 04:41:55 UTC, Stefan Koch wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>> What is your opinion, should we warn if we unambiguously
>> detect something that is clearly unwanted ?
>>
>> int fn(int y)
>> {
>> int x = void;
>> ++x;
>> return x+y;
>> }
>>
>> This requires data-flow analysis (The same kind that tells
>> you if you are skipping a statement)
>> And will slow down compilation a little if we enable such a
>> warning.
>
> no need to. if i explicitly wrote `=void` there, i know what i
> am doing. maybe i want that UB. or something. and i tried to
> tell the compiler STFU. please, don't make it harder, and don't
> force me to invent another ways to say STFU.
Even if you want that ub.
A warning will not halt the compilation.
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