Re: CVS commit: src/games/backgammon

[David Holland <dholland-sourcechanges%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 01:56:27PM +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
 > >  > Modified Files:
 > >  >         src/games/backgammon/common_source: subs.c
 > >  >         src/games/backgammon/teachgammon: teach.c
 > >  > 
 > >  > Log Message:
 > >  > GC descr and helpm.
 > > 
 > > What did we break in gcc WARNS such that it didn't catch these? It
 > > normally (for me) has no trouble detecting unused file-static objects
 > > and I don't see anything obvious in the build line.
 > 
 > I don't know, this detection was recently added to clang.

[experiments]

It appears that declaring static variables const prevents gcc from
warning about them being unused.

lame.

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David A. Holland
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