Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC, PATCH] Add -Wstrict-prototypes, maybe later -Wmissing-prototypes

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <address@hidden>
            Samuel Thibault <address@hidden> writes:
: Gerd Hoffmann, le Mon 11 Aug 2008 09:52:03 +0200, a écrit :
: > > The warning is generated because the definition of "handler" should
: > > also describe the parameters and not use the old () style. But in this
: > > case, they can vary:
: > > static void do_help(const char *name)
: > > static void do_quit(void)
: > [ ... ]
: > 
: > > I don't have a good plan how to fix this, proposals are welcome.
: > > Changing all handlers to use va_args to just silence a gcc warning
: > > sounds like overkill.
: > 
: > Using a union maybe?
: 
: That should be the right thing yes.

Except it becomes unmanageable over time...  It also doesn't enhance
type safety...

Warner