The main value is that it makes it a damned sight easier to catch *real*
errors and warnings.
> chasing all these pointless things, try installing gcc 3.3 and compiling
> a kernel with that. It'll pump out more warnings than you can shake
> a pointy stick at. Or turn on -W with gcc 2.96 -- it has much the
> same effect. I made an effort to remove some of the -W warnings from
> the header files a while ago so I could compile individual files with
> -W as I find it tends to point out some mistakes I often make.
I refuse to use anything so much massively slower than 2.95, when it
produces worse code ;-) 3.3 might be better (I suppose) but is too
experimental for my taste.
M.
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