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| author | David Oberhollenzer <david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at> | 2017-09-21 13:36:42 +0200 |
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| committer | David Oberhollenzer <david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at> | 2017-11-02 01:33:32 +0100 |
| commit | cb2fcfc0a1da3cfac9094abf1d11c23653937395 (patch) | |
| tree | 5885e3f6073020ba3b07db35ab2aef73b2726374 /include | |
| parent | 81fd176a6b4958147302ef900f2651c476a3d4e7 (diff) | |
Add no-return attribute to usage() style functions
A common pattern in command line processing is having a usage()
function that prints out how to use the command line options and
then terminates.
The function is typically used inside a switch block for command
line options like `-h' or unknown options. In a lot of places, the
break keyword is omitted, because the function exits anyway. However,
this triggers gcc warnings about implicit fall-through.
Rather than adding a phony "/* fall-through */" this patch flags the
usage() style function with a gcc attribute, indicating that they do
not return and removes further superfluous break statements.
Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer <david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/common.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h index d609257..2ce5d22 100644 --- a/include/common.h +++ b/include/common.h @@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ extern "C" { fprintf(stderr, "%s: warning!: " fmt "\n", PROGRAM_NAME, ##__VA_ARGS__); \ } while(0) +/* for tagging functions that always exit */ +#if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__) + #define NORETURN __attribute__((noreturn)) +#else + #define NORETURN +#endif + /** * prompt the user for confirmation */ |