Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Mar 2001 09:29:57 +0000 | From | Tim Waugh <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] gcc-3.0 warnings |
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On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 01:38:00AM +0100, J . A . Magallon wrote:
> Yes, a null sentence can shut up the compiler. But what is the purpose of > a jump to the end instead of a return ? Some optimization ?
So that when someone decides that the function needs to do some extra initialisation at the beginning and some extra cleanup at the end, they don't accidentally miss an exit point.
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