Re: [PATCH] c++: Move -Wdangling-reference to -Wextra [PR109642]

2023-05-02 Thread Jason Merrill via Gcc-patches

On 5/1/23 19:54, Marek Polacek wrote:

Sadly, -Wdangling-reference generates false positives for std::span-like
user classes, and it seems imprudent to attempt to improve the heuristic
in GCC 13.  Let's move the warning to -Wextra, that will hopefully
reduce the number of false positives the users have been seeing with 13.

I'm leaving the warning in -Wall in 14 where I think I can write code
to detect std::span-like classes.

Bootstrapped/regtested on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, ok for 13.2?


OK.


PR c++/109642
PR c++/109640
PR c++/109671

gcc/c-family/ChangeLog:

* c.opt (Wdangling-reference): Move from -Wall to -Wextra.

gcc/ChangeLog:

* doc/invoke.texi: Document that -Wdangling-reference is
enabled by -Wextra.
---
  gcc/c-family/c.opt  | 2 +-
  gcc/doc/invoke.texi | 3 ++-
  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gcc/c-family/c.opt b/gcc/c-family/c.opt
index cddeece..a75038930ae 100644
--- a/gcc/c-family/c.opt
+++ b/gcc/c-family/c.opt
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger 
Var(warn_dangling_pointer) Warn
  Warn for uses of pointers to auto variables whose lifetime has ended.
  
  Wdangling-reference

-C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_dangling_reference) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++, Wall)
+C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_dangling_reference) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++, 
Wextra)
  Warn when a reference is bound to a temporary whose lifetime has ended.
  
  Wdate-time

diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index a38547f53e5..36ed1591440 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -3781,7 +3781,7 @@ where @code{std::minmax} returns @code{std::pair}, and
  both references dangle after the end of the full expression that contains
  the call to @code{std::minmax}.
  
-This warning is enabled by @option{-Wall}.

+This warning is enabled by @option{-Wextra}.
  
  @opindex Wdelete-non-virtual-dtor

  @opindex Wno-delete-non-virtual-dtor
@@ -6126,6 +6126,7 @@ name is still supported, but the newer name is more 
descriptive.)
  
  @gccoptlist{-Wclobbered

  -Wcast-function-type
+-Wdangling-reference @r{(C++ only)}
  -Wdeprecated-copy @r{(C++ only)}
  -Wempty-body
  -Wenum-conversion @r{(C only)}




[PATCH] c++: Move -Wdangling-reference to -Wextra [PR109642]

2023-05-01 Thread Marek Polacek via Gcc-patches
Sadly, -Wdangling-reference generates false positives for std::span-like
user classes, and it seems imprudent to attempt to improve the heuristic
in GCC 13.  Let's move the warning to -Wextra, that will hopefully
reduce the number of false positives the users have been seeing with 13.

I'm leaving the warning in -Wall in 14 where I think I can write code
to detect std::span-like classes.

Bootstrapped/regtested on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, ok for 13.2?

PR c++/109642
PR c++/109640
PR c++/109671

gcc/c-family/ChangeLog:

* c.opt (Wdangling-reference): Move from -Wall to -Wextra.

gcc/ChangeLog:

* doc/invoke.texi: Document that -Wdangling-reference is
enabled by -Wextra.
---
 gcc/c-family/c.opt  | 2 +-
 gcc/doc/invoke.texi | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gcc/c-family/c.opt b/gcc/c-family/c.opt
index cddeece..a75038930ae 100644
--- a/gcc/c-family/c.opt
+++ b/gcc/c-family/c.opt
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Joined RejectNegative UInteger 
Var(warn_dangling_pointer) Warn
 Warn for uses of pointers to auto variables whose lifetime has ended.
 
 Wdangling-reference
-C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_dangling_reference) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++, Wall)
+C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_dangling_reference) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++, 
Wextra)
 Warn when a reference is bound to a temporary whose lifetime has ended.
 
 Wdate-time
diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index a38547f53e5..36ed1591440 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -3781,7 +3781,7 @@ where @code{std::minmax} returns @code{std::pair}, and
 both references dangle after the end of the full expression that contains
 the call to @code{std::minmax}.
 
-This warning is enabled by @option{-Wall}.
+This warning is enabled by @option{-Wextra}.
 
 @opindex Wdelete-non-virtual-dtor
 @opindex Wno-delete-non-virtual-dtor
@@ -6126,6 +6126,7 @@ name is still supported, but the newer name is more 
descriptive.)
 
 @gccoptlist{-Wclobbered
 -Wcast-function-type
+-Wdangling-reference @r{(C++ only)}
 -Wdeprecated-copy @r{(C++ only)}
 -Wempty-body
 -Wenum-conversion @r{(C only)}
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