On 31.07.24 20:19, Alan Stern wrote:
On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 11:34:45PM +0530, Abhishek Tamboli wrote:
On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 10:04:33AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
Hi,
I should make my reasoning clearer.
Replacing the variable with a constant won't make much difference. The
compiler will realize that bl_len has a constant value and will generate
appropriate code anyway. I think just changing the type is a fine fix.
While that is absolutely true, it kind of removes the reason for the patch
in the first place. The code gcc generates is unlikely to be changed.
We are reacting to a warning an automatic tool generates. That is a good thing.
We should have clean code. The question is how we react to such a report.
It just seems to me that if we fix such a warning, the code should really be clean
after that. Just doing the minimum that will make the checker shut up is
no good.
Regards
Oliver
