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970520: netcdf 3.3 with gcc
- Subject: 970520: netcdf 3.3 with gcc
- Date: Tue, 20 May 97 09:30:24 -0600
Kate,
>Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 11:26:56 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Kate Hedstrom <address@hidden>
>Organization: Rutgers University
>To: address@hidden
>Subject: Re: 970520: netcdf 3.3 with gcc
>Keywords: 199705171514.JAA09636
In the above message, you wrote:
> One more netcdf thing. On the Solaris 2 machines we are getting tons
> of warnings of the form:
>
> "/usr/local/include/netcdf.inc", line 912: Warning: local variable
> "nf_get_varm_double" never used
> "/usr/local/include/netcdf.inc", line 928: Warning: local variable "nccre"
> never used
> "/usr/local/include/netcdf.inc", line 929: Warning: local variable "ncopn"
> never used
>
> I can ignore them, but some of are users are put off by this, especially
> when a real error message is above all this stuff. I got around this
> by adding lines like:
>
> external nf_get_varm_double
> external nccre
> external ncopn
>
> Do you know of any reason why I shouldn't do this?
Because on another system you'll get warnings like "nf_get_varm_double
declared external but never called".
You can't win. (You can't even get close. ;-)
If your systems are mostly SunOS 4, then go ahead and add the EXTERNAL
statements.
--------
Steve Emmerson <address@hidden>
