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

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
To: Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot(dot)pg(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Enable -Wstrict-prototypes and -Wold-style-definition by default
Date: 2026-03-30 21:50:24
Message-ID: bb56b5ce-7600-4815-a4ab-88c52c58fb81@eisentraut.org
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On 27.03.26 14:23, Bertrand Drouvot wrote:
> 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.

Ok, both committed.

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