[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Compiler-warnings

[Gerhard Killesreiter <killesreiter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Falk Hueffner <falk.hueffner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> They are very significant on systems where 'char' defaults to 'signed
> char' (like ARM), and the characters are in the 128...255 range, since
> then a negative offset will be taken, which is rarely what was
> meant. This especially evil since often only 7 bit characters are in
> use, so it goes unnotified for a while.

Hmm.

Dirk Stoecker <stoecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I have equal messages (and lots of others) on Amiga. This message should
> be (if equal to SAS-C) a warning, that char types are passed as function
> argument, e.g. func(char a, int b). This is "possible" portability
> problem, as in real the passed argument is of type int.
> 
> I disabled this warning as there are too much in the source to change them
> all. I'm still on removing some of the other portability warnings SAS-C
> produces (ai directory is warning free [except of disabled ones :-]).

Hmmm. Hmm.

To be honest. I did not understand a word. But thanks anyway :-)

The question remains:
Should I prepare a list of those warnings? 

_Iff_ somebody would explain to me what to change in the source, I
_might_ try my hands on a patch. To silence the warnings, or do
whatever to them.

Cheers,
        Gerhard

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