From: williamkempf_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-09-25 09:06:40
--- In boost_at_y..., "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_m...> wrote:
> From: <williamkempf_at_h...>
> > --- In boost_at_y..., John Maddock <John_Maddock_at_c...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Just a thought but whats wrong with:
> > >
> > > (void) parameter_name;
> > >
> > > which suppresses the warning and doesn't generate any code,
even
> > when
> > > inline expansions are turned off in the compiler....
> >
> > Nothing other than readability. This doesn't document (within
the
> > code) anything, except to a very few with intimate knowledge of
this
> > trick *AND* who use it frequently.
>
> typedef void ignore_unused_variable;
>
> ;-)
Effectively no different then the proposed definition. I don't care
how it's implemented, I'm asking if we want the functionality added
to config or some other header for general use by Boost developers.
Bill Kempf