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From: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] eliminate warnings in generated module files
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On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 03:32:21PM +1100, Rusty Russell wrote:
> In message <20030218184317.A20436@twiddle.net> you write:
> > +#if __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 3 || __GNUC__ > 3
> > +#define __attribute_used__	__attribute__((__used__))
> > +#else
> > +#define __attribute_used__	__attribute__((__unused__))
> > +#endif
> > +
> 
> After some thought, I prefer __optional.

Um, "optional" does not in any way accurately describe attribute used.
In fact, it means almost exactly the opposite.


r~
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