Re: Enable -Wstrict-prototypes and -Wold-style-definition by default

Hi,

On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 01:15:29PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 27.03.26 11:07, Bertrand Drouvot wrote:
> > That looks ok but I wonder if we should also add '-Werror=vla' to it (
> > and remove it from common_warning_flags) to be in sync with what configure.ac
> > is doing:
> >
> > "
> > PGAC_PROG_CC_CFLAGS_OPT([-Werror=vla])
> > # -Wvla is not applicable for C++
> > "
>
> Hmm. This comment is not actually fully correct. With g++, you can write a
> VLA and it will work, and also -Wvla will warn about it. So we should
> actually add that option to C++ as well. (It is true that VLAs are not in
> standard C++, and g++ with -pedantic will also warn about it.)

Oh right, just did a few tests and agree with your comment above. I agree that
it should also be added for C++ in autoconf then.

What about the attached?

That said, your patch LGTM given that the VLA remark was not appropriate.

Regards,

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