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diff --git a/Porting/pumpkin.pod b/Porting/pumpkin.pod index 0146f68046..a000108257 100644 --- a/Porting/pumpkin.pod +++ b/Porting/pumpkin.pod @@ -780,6 +780,10 @@ The flag -DPERL_GCC_PEDANTIC also gets added, since gcc does not add any internal cpp flag to signify that -pedantic is being used, as it does for -ansi (__STRICT_ANSI__). +Note that the -ansi and -pedantic are enabled only for version 3 (and +later) of gcc, since even gcc version 2.95.4 finds lots of seemingly +false "value computed not used" errors from Perl. + The -ansi and -pedantic are useful in catching at least the following nonportable practices: |