------- Comment #9 from rearnsha at gcc dot gnu dot org 2007-01-26 17:03 ------- (In reply to comment #8) > I meant that the warning is appropriate but > the message is confusing because it is exposing that when doing > > bool x = ~b; > > we actually do > > bool x = (~b != 0); > Or, more precisely, bool x = (~(int) b) != 0;
> So an appropriate message would say something like: > > test.cpp:5: warning: '(bool) ~b' is always true > Don't you agree? > Yes, that would be nice, but hard to implement. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8715