Re: Don't understand this compiler warning
Re: Don't understand this compiler warning
- Subject: Re: Don't understand this compiler warning
- From: Chris Ridd <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:14:51 +0100
On 30/6/05 4:37, Justin C. Walker <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Jun 30, 2005, at 24:54 , Markus Ruggiero wrote:
>> On 28.06.2005, at 15:54, Justin C. Walker wrote:
>>> On Jun 28, 2005, at 06:39 , Markus Ruggiero wrote:
>>>> This is some very old private code (from the mid-80ies, pre ANSI-
>>>> C) that I try to port to the Mac. The code isn't mine but is
>>>> supposed to compile under Windows 3.x (!) with MSVisualStudio 4.
>>>>
>>>> I have no clue what the compiler tries to tell me:
>>>>
>>>> auto unsigned long lcl_l_flags = 0;
> [snip]
>> But I *do* init the variable! So still the question is open: what
>> could be wrong with this code fragment? I know, warnings are not
>> errors - and sometimes the compiler is just plain wrong and the
>> code is OK. I am just curious as to why the compiler thinks there
>> might be problems.
>
> So you do. I overlooked that detail. We can safely ignore my
> previous comments, then.
>
> I don't see anything obvious, but I have managed to confuse the
> compiler with sufficiently twisty code before. I would try two things:
The problem is in the use of "lcl_l_flags |= 1". If you change the macro to
just use plain |s instead of |=s, the warning goes away. You can reduce the
problem down to:
lcl_l_flags = lcl_l_flags |= 1;
I don't think changing the |= to | alters the logic of the code at all...
Cheers,
Chris
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