How to disable GCC warnings for a few lines of code

Question

In Visual C++, it\'s possible to use #pragma warning (disable: ...). Also I found that in GCC you can override per file compiler flags. How can I do this for \"next line\",

Answer 1

Rather than silencing the warnings, gcc style is usually to use either standard C constructs or the __attribute__ extension to tell the compiler more about your intention. For instance, the warning about assignment used as a condition is suppressed by putting the assignment in parentheses, i.e. if ((p=malloc(cnt))) instead of if (p=malloc(cnt)). Warnings about unused function arguments can be suppressed by some odd __attribute__ I can never remember, or by self-assignment, etc. But generally I prefer just globally disabling any warning option that generates warnings for things that will occur in correct code.