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Re: request for change

• Posted by CChris <christian.cuvier at ?gricul?ure.gouv.fr> Jan 08, 2008
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Juergen Luethje wrote:
> 
> Bernie Ryan wrote:
> 
> > Matt Lewis wrote:
> > > 
> > > Bernie Ryan wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > with/without warning should be reversed.
> > > > 
> > > > The major use of 'with warning' is to look for unused
> > > > variables/constants
> > > > when writing a program.
> > > > 
> > > > It seems that everyone that posts a program in the archives places
> > > > 'without warning' at the top of their final program.
> > > > 
> > > > That does not make sense to me; Why isn't 'without warning' the default
> > > > ?
> > > 
> > > Because the warnings are there for a reason.  Some are more useful than
> > > others.  It's reasonable for released code to have "without warning" 
> > > at the top.  It's presumably been tested by the author.  One would hope
> > > that he'd fixed any dangerous warnings before releasing his code.
> > > 
> > > The defaults are correct.
> > > 
> > 
> > Matt:
> > 
> >    'without warning' is used by lazy programmers that don't
> >    want to be bothered with cleaning up their programs by
> >    removing unused variables.
> 
> So you want to make this the default setting in order to support their
> lazyness??
> Sorry, that's above me.
> 
> Also, 'without warning' is used by other kinds of programmers as well.
> Those who appreciate warnings during developement time, and just before
> releasing the code, they switch warnings off for speed gain. I absolutely
> agree
> with Matt, that it's obvious that the default should be to have
> warnings on.
> 
> Regards,
>    Juergen
> 
> -- 
> There are two ways of constructing a software design:
> One way is to make it so simple that there are /obviously/ no deficiencies
> and the other is to make it so complicated that there are no /obvious/
> deficiencies.         [C.A.R. Hoare (1987), The Emperor's Old Clothes]

My default code template in ConText starts any source file by "without warning",
because 95% of those which are emitted are simply useless, when not obnoxious.
Ok, perhaps as little as 80%, that's well enough. Hence use the defaults you
like.

CChris