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Re: [PATCH 3/3] wt-status: use "format" function attribute for status_printf

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jul 10, 2013, 05:28 UTC
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<20130710052859.GA5339@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 10:26:04PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > These functions could benefit from the added compile-time
> > safety of having the compiler check printf arguments.
> >
> > Unfortunately, we also sometimes pass an empty format string,
> > which will cause false positives with -Wformat-zero-length.
> > In this case, that warning is wrong because our function is
> > not a no-op with an empty format: it may be printing
> > colorized output along with a trailing newline.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> > ---
> > I'm torn on this one. It really does provide us with more compile-time
> > safety checks, but it's annoying that "-Wall -Werror" will no longer
> > work out of the box.
> 
> Yeah, that is a show-stopper for me X-<.

You can "fix" it with -Wno-zero-format-length, so the hassle is not huge. But I am also inclined to just drop this one. We have lived without the extra safety for a long time, and list review does tend to catch such problems in practice.

-Peff
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  2. Bert WesargJul 9, 2013
  3. Jeff KingJul 9, 2013
  4. Matt KraaiJul 9, 2013
  5. Jeff KingJul 10, 2013
  6. 1/3 add missing "format" function attributesJeff King, Jul 10, 2013
  7. 2/3 use "sentinel" function attribute for variadic listsJeff King, Jul 10, 2013
  8. 3/3 wt-status: use "format" function attribute for status_printfJeff King, Jul 10, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2013
  10. Jeff KingJul 10, 2013
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  14. Jeff KingJul 10, 2013
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