[cdt-dev] compiler warning policy

[John Cortell <rat042@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In

http://wiki.eclipse.org/CDT/policy, it's recommended that
Potential null pointer access be set
to 'warning'. The default is 'ignore'. I think the usefulness of this
warning is too debatable to make it a recommendation. The compiler's
ability to detect a possible null pointer use is too weak and
enabling  the warning results in many false positives, requiring
developers to either add needless checks to the code, live with the
warnings, or disable them at too large a scope (method). If no one
objects, I'll remove that recommendation from the WIKI page.

John