Re: compile warnings in CVS HEAD?

From: Kurt Roeckx <Q(at)ping(dot)be>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: compile warnings in CVS HEAD?
Date: 2003-09-15 18:25:42
Message-ID: 20030915182542.GA2258@ping.be
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On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 08:09:22PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Neil Conway writes:
>
> > On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 13:14, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> > > > > tablecmds.c: In function `validateForeignKeyConstraint':
> > > > > tablecmds.c:3546: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break
> > > > > strict-aliasing rules
> >
> > So, what should we do with this?
>
> Rumor has it that many of these warnings are bogus. But I wouldn't want
> to turn them off altogether because that might hide real problems. At
> this point, I think we should wait a while until the compiler becomes more
> mature.

I agree to that.

Kurt

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