[Bug c++/84905] Improve warning for __attribute__((const)) on function returning void
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=84905 --- Comment #5 from Eric Gallager --- (In reply to Martin Sebor from comment #4) > Resolving as Won't Fix based on comment #2. (I will update > gcc-8/changes.html before the release and may update the documentation of > attribute const in the manual with additional detail.) Maybe also add a note to https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/VerboseDiagnostics
[Bug c++/84905] Improve warning for __attribute__((const)) on function returning void
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=84905 Martin Sebor changed: What|Removed |Added Status|WAITING |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |WONTFIX --- Comment #4 from Martin Sebor --- Resolving as Won't Fix based on comment #2. (I will update gcc-8/changes.html before the release and may update the documentation of attribute const in the manual with additional detail.)
[Bug c++/84905] Improve warning for __attribute__((const)) on function returning void
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=84905 --- Comment #3 from Jonathan Wakely --- No suggestions here, I was just passing on it on. My response on IRC was pretty much what you said: you need to read the manual to know what the attribute does, the warning is not the place to put that info.
[Bug c++/84905] Improve warning for __attribute__((const)) on function returning void
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=84905 Martin Sebor changed: What|Removed |Added Status|NEW |WAITING --- Comment #2 from Martin Sebor --- Agreed that the new attributes warnings should be mentioned in gcc-8/changes.html (I still need to submit my updates). This particular warning is issued based on the note in the manual: "It does not make sense for a const function to return void" (it might be worthwhile to expand on why it doesn't make sense in case it's not clear from the prior text). I tend to prefer descriptive warnings over other kinds and I'm not sure that changing it to say "attribute const doesn't make sense for a void function" would be an improvement. Either way, as in many other cases, to understand this warning the user needs to know why the attribute doesn't make sense and that cannot easily be summed up in a single sentence. The only way to find that out is to read up on what the attribute is used for by GCC. Jon, unless you have a suggestion for a different phrasing that makes it clearer I'm inclined to resolve this part of the report as won't fix.
[Bug c++/84905] Improve warning for __attribute__((const)) on function returning void
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=84905 Eric Gallager changed: What|Removed |Added Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Last reconfirmed||2018-03-16 CC||egallager at gcc dot gnu.org, ||msebor at gcc dot gnu.org See Also||https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzill ||a/show_bug.cgi?id=83559 Ever confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #1 from Eric Gallager --- Confirmed. Related: bug 83559
