Re: __attribute__((unused))

[Richard B. Johnson]

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004, Alan Cox wrote:

> On Iau, 2004-10-14 at 23:08, Russell King wrote:
> > It's the "later compilers" which I'm worried about here - I think they
> > defined "unused" to mean "this really really isn't used and you can
> > discard it".  Hence my concern with the above.
>
> This was the explanation I got some time ago
>
> -- quote --
>
> So "used" cases that used "unused" could break, though older compilers
> in essence used "unused" to mean both "used" and "unused".  Since
> "unused" becomes useless for using in "used" cases, we now must be sure
> to use "used" when that's the use that's useful.
> 			-- Roland McGrath
>
>
> I found it so helpful it became a .sig 8)
Yes. Just like "less" is more than "more"......and whos on first base.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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