why isn't kdevelop pedantic save

[David Nolden]

Am 12. März 2012 13:09 schrieb Milian Wolff <mail at milianw.de>:
> On Monday 12 March 2012 14:04:19 Marcel Hellwig wrote:
>> > On Monday 12 March 2012 11:46:39 Marcel Hellwig wrote:
>> >> Hi guys,
>> >>
>> >> I try to become acquainted with kdevelop now but there are some major
>> >> problems, one I will claim here.
>> >> Why isn't kdevelop (and KDE too) pedantic save? I mean, it is a software
>> >> for the whole world and it should be safe and for that imo a program has
>> >> to compile with pedantic.

If you want to waste your time with making compilers feel happy, then
you're free to do so. However, you cannot measure the quality of a
software based on low-level compiler- or krazy-warnings. Fixing those
in many cases is simply a waste of time and sometimes yields less
intuitive code. True quality of code can be measured in terms of
robustness, efficiency, and maintainability. In KDevelop, we mainly
have problems with robustness, although it's becoming better. However,
these problems are on a high level. So if you really want to improve
something, don't waste your time with syntax, but try improving the
design.