begin: Jeff Newmiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote
> On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
>
> > i came across a post on deja.com that mentioned the -Weffc++ switch (which
> > doesn't seem to be documented in the man or info pages).
> >
> > apparently, this is a set of warnings about coding style that violates scott
> > meyer's "effective c++".
> >
> >
> > does anyone have this book? thumbs up? down? it's impressive scott meyer
> > gets his own g++ switch! :)
>
> Two thumbs up. I have never found a Scott Meyers article or book that
> didn't hit the target.
that's a pretty impressive letter of recommendation. i'm definitely picking
the book up.
> It is cool to learn about this switch. However, it looks like it may
> require some patience to use, because it found dozens of issues in the GCC
> libraries but none in my code when I tried it out. :)
the message that i learned about the switch from was actually a complaint
about the libraries generating tons o' errors.
> Whether any or all
> of those warnings are justified will take some time to evaluate.
if you make any conclusions, please post 'em!
pete
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