Re: compiler warnings for regex.c

[Stefan Monnier]

> > From: "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/address@hidden>
> > Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 09:59:51 -0400
> >
> > > /project/mule/fsf-emacs/lib-src/../src/regex.c:5584: warning: 
> > > initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type
> > > 
> > > Are they harmless?
> > 
> > No, they are not, which is why they're there.
> > They mean that re_match is not reentrant.
> 
> Sorry, I don't understand.  Why do we need to see a warning to know
> that re_match is non-reentrant?

Because re_match *should* be reentrant.
It doesn't matter for Emacs but it does matter in general.

> I think there should be no warnings during normal compilation.
> Warnings should be taken care of,

Adding a cast to hide the bug is not what I call "taking care of".
OTOH, really taking care of this problem will take some time.


        Stefan