Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 13:24:29 -0500
Message-Id: <199901061824.NAA22247@envy.delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <8D53104ECD0CD211AF4000A0C9D60AE33CA38F@probe-2.Acclaim-Euro.net>
	(message from Shawn Hargreaves on Wed, 6 Jan 1999 15:33:16 -0000)
Subject: Re: Announce: Allegro 3.1
References:  <8D53104ECD0CD211AF4000A0C9D60AE33CA38F AT probe-2 DOT Acclaim-Euro DOT net>
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com


> Absolutely, but it seems unfortunate that this should be at the 
> discretion of the compiler authors rather than the end users. 

Warnings are at the discretion of the compiler authors, and I expect
the list of "things you might want to be aware of" to continue growing
as compiler writers get more experience with new standards and new
users.

*Errors* are usually defined by the ANSI/POSIX/etc specifications (in
fact, some warnings are also *required* by ANSI).

My advice is to remove -Werror (and maybe -W -Wall) for official
distributions, to reduce the number of user complaints, but leave them
in for developers.