------- Additional Comments From jsm at polyomino dot org dot uk 2004-06-01 15:37 ------- Subject: Re: slightly misleading printf format warning
On Tue, 1 Jun 2004, bangerth at dealii dot org wrote: > I also find the message overly terse. The abbreviated form "arg" for > argument sounds too much like an unquoted reference to a variable. > Why can't we speak English as in most other messages, for example > "The format contains a char*, but argument 2 is a float." > ? How about something like warning: format '%s' expects a char *, but argument 2 has type float * (i.e., giving the particular format with bad argument type)? The %T format isn't yet hooked up to the pretty-printer code for printing types, once it is then improving these warnings will be straighforward. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1027 ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.