[Inkscape-devel] Experimenting with the gcc4.0.0 compiler

I downloaded/installed a prerelease snapshot of gcc4.0.0 today, and did a clean build with it. I expected it to produce better warnings than 3.4, since 3.4 was more strict than 3.3. And it does! Here is an example:

./xml/node.h:42: warning: ‘class Inkscape::XML::Node’ has virtual functions but non-virtual destructor ./xml/document.h:23: warning: ‘struct Inkscape::XML::Document’ has virtual functions but non-virtual destructor ./xml/sp-css-attr.h:20: warning: ‘class SPCSSAttr’ has virtual functions but non-virtual destructor

The planned release of 4.0.0 is Apr 15, so it would be wise to keep up with developments.

Bob