Compiler Warnings...

[Lost User]

warnings from the compiler only proves to me the compiler doesn't understand my code.

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[dandy72]

If the compiler doesn't understand your code, what chance do your co-workers stand...? :-)

[CPallini]

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ISTR a story about the linux kernel, long ago, where some helpful individual went through the code and cleaned up all the warnings. Which was great, until you tried to compile it for something other than an X86 - in which case either the build failed or the kernel broke

It was already broken.

[RickZeeland]

A classic ! :-\

[RickZeeland]

Would you still prefer Delphi over .Net ?

[Ravi Bhavnani]

Compiler warnings fail our build.  If we really need to ignore a specific warning, we disable it. /ravi

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[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

set warnings as errors. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

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[DJ van Wyk]

Warnings have the tendency to hide errors. John Carmack wrote a pretty good article a few years ago about the best way to think of and treat warnings.

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[Member 9167057]

While prototyping, who cares. When making the code production-ready, same as errors.

[markrlondon]

We ignore all warnings and catch bugs in user alpha testing. Of course.

[den2k88]

Unless you're bound to MISRA or the equivalent Aerospace normative.

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[W Balboos GHB]

I don't take threats!

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[W Balboos GHB]

Have you ever heard of "Job Security" ?

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[Marco Bertschi]

We manage them. Warnings which disturb us (coding-style variances those warn us of, mostly) get disabled by the ruleset, merging anything is only possible with zero warnings. Too often have warnings led to bugs, and managing them to get only those which add value for our team has suited us well.

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[obermd]

I consider them Errors and fail the compile.

[kmoorevs]

markrlondon wrote:

catch bugs in user alpha testing.

:thumbsup: Finally, a real-world answer! If it weren't for users, I'd have no bugs at all. :laugh:

"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

[Dr Walt Fair PE]

I prefer to call them suggestions. and if I wanted suggestions for my code, I'd just out-source it.

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[Gary Wheeler]

To the knife.

Software Zen: delete this;

[I_made_a_womble]

Compiler warnings should never be ignored. If you ignore them, they build up and eventually obscure things like: "Unable to resolve reference to x as it was built with a higher framework version". This is just a warning, but try and publish such an application and you will quickly find it does not work in production. The number of times I am asked to help someone solve an issue which they could have solved themselves if they just read the warnings...

[dandy72]

Carry on, my friend! :-p