Well I was referring to gcc actually, since it's a much better and extremely helpful compiler when it comes to error-checking your code. But msvc has it too:
configuration properties C/C++ General treat warnings as errors At 2006/04/30 11:15 PM, Nick wrote: >-- >[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] >which options? I tried to find those options in msvs2003 but i could not >find them > >On 4/30/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: >> >> Well if you set the compiler options correctly, the code won't even >> compile when you access a variable without initializing it. Unfortunately >> Valve's SDK still needs a lot of work to be at that level. (I posted some >> of the changes on the KI list.) >> >> At 2006/04/27 03:57 AM, Garry Newman wrote: >> >-- >> >[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] >> >It always seemed backwards to me. >> > >> >When I'm in debug mode I want the compiler to do its best to try to make >> it >> >crash. I want it to throw a rain-man style spazz attack any time the >> >slightest thing is wrong. >> > >> >I dunno though, I've kind of heard the opposite too.. that the memory was >> >filled with random junk. >> > >> > >> > >> >On 4/27/06, Justin Krenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> What defines that all variables are initialized to 0? Is it a compiler >> >> flag, and why wouldn't you want this to be always set? This is the >> >> first I've heard of it. >> >> >> >> Ben Everett wrote: >> >> > The most common cause of crashes in release mode but not in debug are >> >> due to >> >> > variable initializations. In debug mode all variables are initialized >> to >> >> > '0', while in release mode they do not have a default initialization >> >> value. >> >> > >> >> > The most common cause of these crashes is failing to properly >> initialize >> >> > variables. >> >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> >> please visit: >> >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> >> >> >> >> >-- >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> >> >-- > >_______________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please >visit: >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
