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Re: [RFA] Emit a warning for ineffective set VAR = EXP command
On Wed, 9 May 2012, Paul_Koning@Dell.com wrote:
> >> I think we should avoid the warning for pre/post inc/dec. This
> >> type of expression might be a little outside the method proposed
> >> in our documentation, but I think it's still a perfectly valid
> >> expression that results in an assignment being performed.
> >
> > I don't know who should approve this adjustment, but here is the version that deals with pre/post inc/dec.
> > Note that it still warns for expressions such as i++ * 2.
>
> If you had it walk through the elts[] list, would it then work for that case?
What do you mean by "work" here? I think a warning for "i++ * 2" is
expected as that's questionable use -- the result of the multiplication is
discarded. Did you mean anything else?
I can't approve this change, but it seems OK to me.
Maciej