From 1613708395851083093 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,857007135a18bc05 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Francis Glassborow Subject: Re: static_cast to void Date: 1999/09/11 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 523818322 Approved: stephen.clamage@sun.com (comp.std.c++) References: X-UID: 0000000001 X-Status: $$$T Organization: Southfield Microcomputer SS Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: Francis Glassborow Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Originator: clamage@taumet In article , Siemel B. Naran writes >Sometimes you write expressions that return a value, but you don't use >this returned value. Then the compiler may give you a warning about >the unused return value. To shut off these warnings, put a "(void)" >at the beginning of the line. For example, Do such compilers exist in the real world? Because if so they must be exceptionally noisy. Strictly speaking they should warn me for: cout << 1; as I will have ignore the return value of: operator << (cout, 1); Francis Glassborow Journal Editor, Association of C & C++ Users 64 Southfield Rd Oxford OX4 1PA +44(0)1865 246490 All opinions are mine and do not represent those of any organisation [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]