On Fri, May 08, 2015 at 09:53:54AM +1200, Karl Tomlinson wrote:
> Ehsan Akhgari writes:
> 
> >> This seems similar to the compiler warning situation.
> >> Usually at least, I don't think we should automatically modify the
> >> code in line with how the compiler reads the code just to silence
> >> the warning.  Instead the warning is there to indicate that a
> >> programmer needs to check the code.
> >
> > These cases bear no similarity whatsoever.  I can't think of any
> > compiler warnings that can be automatically fixed without changing
> > the meaning of the program.
> 
> The warning that you are proposing to fix here is
> -Woverloaded-virtual.
> 
> At least once we can build with this warning enabled, I recommend
> making this warning fatal instead of covering over it by adding an
> override annotation that the author may have never intended.

It *is* enabled and fatal, but there are a few places that disable it.

Mike
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