#10752: Print which warning-flag controls/enabled an emitted warning -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: hvr | Owner: Type: feature | Status: new request | Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.12.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.10.2 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Both `gcc` and `clang` tell which warning flag a reported warning can be controlled with, e.g. {{{ $ clang-3.5 -Wall -c hello.c hello.c:3:7: warning: unused variable 'x' [-Wunused-variable] int x; ^ 1 warning generated. }}} {{{ $ gcc -Wall -c hello.c hello.c: In function ‘main’: hello.c:3:7: warning: unused variable ‘x’ [-Wunused-variable] int x; ^ hello.c:4:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn- type] } ^ }}} With GHC however, we need to lookup the documentation (or memorise all warning flags) to find out which `-fno-warn-*` flag we need to use to silence a specific warning. I propose we augment GHC's warnings in a similar style to how `gcc`/`clang` report flags in compile warnings. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10752 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler