Comment 32 for bug 305176

(In reply to comment #25)
> > > gcc currently has no middle option.
> >
> > Also this attribute is not on by default in glibc so you are asking to
> > turn on the style based warnings.
>
> (In reply to comment #24)
> > FIXED in GCC 4.5
>
> After having waded through this long series of comments, I am left
> wondering just how this got addressed. Does --no-warn-unused-result
> mean that fwrite() usage may be cast to void, or that it may be
> treated as if it were a void procedure? I think it is very reasonable
> to warn if a returned result is not handled. Casting to void is
> a valid way to handle the result. I would like warnings when returned
> results are not handled. What does the fix do?

It simply adds -W[no-]unused-result and completely enables/disables all
unused result warnings.