https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66425
--- Comment #67 from uecker at gcc dot gnu.org --- (In reply to Andrew Church from comment #66) > (In reply to Andrew Church from comment #65) > > As one of the advocates for this behavior, it stems (at least in my case) > > from pre-C23 code in which [[attribute]] syntax was not available. If > > [[nodiscard]] suppresses the warning, I'd accept that as a solution. > > Premature reply (apologies) - I somehow gave myself the impression that > [[nodiscard]] could be put at the place of use. Since it's something the > library writer has to do, I think this is still not enough from the library > user's point of view. I agree that this is an argument for having a compiler switch. But also the library could switch to "discard" or add a condition that the lets the user of the library choose it. As a last resort, on the compiler side one can already use a pragma to turn off the warning at a specific point. So I am a bit unsure about whether the flag is worth having....
