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Re: [RFA] Emit a warning for ineffective set VAR = EXP command

From: <Paul_Koning at Dell dot com>
To: <tromey at redhat dot com>
Cc: <gingold at adacore dot com>, <macro at codesourcery dot com>, <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 19:39:44 +0000
Subject: Re: [RFA] Emit a warning for ineffective set VAR = EXP command
References: <8781499A-A489-42D0-80B1-75136331DBDB@adacore.com> <alpine.DEB.1.10.1205041958130.18334@tp.orcam.me.uk> <EFDD29C9-79FB-468E-B29B-C1783123E41D@adacore.com> <874nrryeap.fsf@fleche.redhat.com>

On May 7, 2012, at 3:35 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:

>>>>>> "Tristan" == Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com> writes:
> 
> Tristan> I am not opposed to disable warnings for pre/post inc/dec.
> Tristan> But this usage is dubious (the help explicitly mentions VAR=EXP !)
> 
> Tristan> Opinion ?
> 
> Either way is fine by me.
> I suppose it seems a little pedantic to warn about the ++ operator.
> 
> Tom

What would ++ do if your current language is Ada, or Fortran?  Complain about syntax error?

It would be good to clarify the documentation to say that this also works.

	paul

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