Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> writes:
> Since ereport() can now communicate to the compiler whether it returns
> or not, a fair amount of "keep compiler quiet" code is dead. Since the
> method that ereport() uses is not dependent on any compiler-specific
> attributes, I think this code can just be removed. I propose the
> attached patch.
Meh. This will only work if the compiler understands that abort()
doesn't return --- compilers that don't know that will start bleating
about uninitialized variables again. And the ones that do know it
will be able to throw away the dead code anyway.
I doubt this is a good idea.
regards, tom lane
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