2009/9/1 Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>: > Michael Wookey <michaelwookey@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> gcc 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 9.04) warns that the return value of strtoul() was not >> checked by issuing the following notice: >> >> warning: ignoring return value of ‘strtoul’, declared with attribute >> warn_unused_result >> >> Provide a dummy variable to keep the compiler happy. >> >> Signed-off-by: Michael Wookey <michaelwookey@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> fast-import.c | 5 +++-- >> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c >> index 7ef9865..1386e75 100644 >> --- a/fast-import.c >> +++ b/fast-import.c >> @@ -1744,10 +1744,11 @@ static int validate_raw_date(const char *src, >> char *result, int maxlen) >> { >> const char *orig_src = src; >> char *endp; >> + unsigned long int unused; >> >> errno = 0; >> >> - strtoul(src, &endp, 10); >> + unused = strtoul(src, &endp, 10); > > Isn't this typically done by casting the expression to (void)? I originally tried that - the compiler still complains. > Otherwise a clever compiler has every right to complain "the variable > unused is assigned but never used." I get no other warnings, so does that make gcc less than clever? ;-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html