Re: [coldfire-gnu-discuss] Warning messages

[Nathan Sidwell <nathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

DMS Tech, John wrote:

> When I switch these warnings off with the compiler option 
> ‘-Wno-pointer-sign’ these warnings are suppressed, but my question is 
> now when a real problem occurs like this example:
>
>  
>
> void somefunction(unsigned char *someparametername);

> signed char *somesignedvariable;

> Somefunction(somesignedvariable);

> Is this going to get the warning still or is this warning also suppressed?

The warning will be suppressed.  Plain char is signed on coldfire.

> If so is there another way to stop the warnings from the first example 
> and still detect the warnings from the second?

No, because they are the same case, as far as the compiler is concerned.

nathan

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