Re: [PATCH] config.mak.dev: enable -Wpedantic in clang

[Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>]

On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 10:48 AM Carlo Arenas <carenas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 2:53 AM Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 5:06 AM Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
> > > +ifneq ($(filter clang10,$(COMPILER_FEATURES)),)
> > > +CFLAGS += -Wpedantic
> > > +endif
> >
> > Should this condition be tightened to match only for OSX since there
> > is no such clang version number in the rest world outside of Apple?
>
> instead, I changed it to clang4 and tested it in a FreeBSD 11 box I
> was able to get a hold off, would that work better?
> will update patch accordingly then

Playing Devi's Advocate, what if Apple's clang "8" was, in reality,
real-world clang 3? Then this condition would incorrectly enable the
compiler option on Apple for a (real) clang version below 4. For this
reason, it seems we shouldn't be trusting only the clang version
number when dealing with Apple.

(I suspect that it won't make a difference in actual practice, so it
may be reasonable to punt on this issue until/if someone complains.)