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/// @file bsla_unused.h
///
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///
 
 
// bsla_unused.h                                                      -*-C++-*-
#ifndef INCLUDED_BSLA_UNUSED
#define INCLUDED_BSLA_UNUSED
 
#include <bsls_ident.h>
BSLS_IDENT("$Id: $")
 
/// @defgroup bsla_unused bsla_unused
/// @brief  Provide a macro to suppress "unused" warnings.
/// @addtogroup bsl
/// @{
/// @addtogroup bsla
/// @{
/// @addtogroup bsla_unused
/// @{
///
/// <h1> Outline </h1>
/// * <a href="#bsla_unused-purpose"> Purpose</a>
/// * <a href="#bsla_unused-macros"> Macros </a>
/// * <a href="#bsla_unused-description"> Description </a>
///   * <a href="#bsla_unused-macro-reference"> Macro Reference </a>
///   * <a href="#bsla_unused-usage"> Usage </a>
///     * <a href="#bsla_unused-example-1-unused-warnings"> Example 1: "Unused" Warnings </a>
///
/// # Purpose {#bsla_unused-purpose}
/// Provide a macro to suppress "unused" warnings.
///
/// @deprecated  Use @ref bsla_maybeunused  instead.
///
/// # Macros {#bsla_unused-macros}
///
/// -  BSLA_UNUSED:           do not warn if annotated entity is unused
/// -  BSLA_UNUSED_IS_ACTIVE: defined if `BSLA_UNUSED` is active
///
/// @see  bsla_annotations, bsla_maybeunused
///
/// # Description {#bsla_unused-description}
/// This component provides a preprocessor macro that will suppress
/// "unused" warnings on a locally defined function, type, or variable that is
/// not used.
///
/// Note that the similar macro, `BSLA_MAYBE_UNUSED`, aliasing the standard
/// `[[maybe_unused]]` attribute, may be considered for use instead of this
/// macro.
///
/// ## Macro Reference {#bsla_unused-macro-reference}
///
///
///  `BSLA_UNUSED`:
///      This annotation indicates that the so-annotated function, variable, or
///      type is possibly unused and the compiler should not generate a warning
///      for the unused identifier.
/// 
///  `BSLA_UNUSED_IS_ACTIVE`:
///      The macro `BSLA_UNUSED_IS_ACTIVE` is defined if `BSLA_UNUSED` expands
///      to something with the desired effect; otherwise `BSLA_UNUSED_IS_ACTIVE`
///      is not defined and `BSLA_UNUSED` expands to nothing.
///
/// ## Usage {#bsla_unused-usage}
///
///
/// This section illustrates intended use of this component.
///
/// ### Example 1: "Unused" Warnings {#bsla_unused-example-1-unused-warnings}
///
///
/// First, we define a namespace, `warn`, within the unnamed namespace with a
/// type, a function, and a variable in it.  They are unused:
/// @code
/// namespace {
/// namespace warn {
///
/// double x;
///
/// struct ResultRec {
///     double d_x;
///     double d_y;
/// };
///
/// /// Solve the quadratic function for the specified 'a', 'b', and 'c',
/// /// where '0 = a * x^2 + b * x + c'.  If the quadratic has no solutions,
/// /// return a non-zero value, and set the specified 'zeroA' and 'zeroB'
/// /// to those solutions and return 0 otherwise.  The specified
/// /// 'cubeFactor' and 'zeroC' are unused for now but will be used in
/// /// future expansion of the function to handle cubic polynomials.
/// int quadratic(double *zeroA,
///               double *zeroB,
///               double *zeroC,
///               double cubeFactor,
///               double a,
///               double b,
///               double c)
/// {
///     const double discriminant = b * b - 4 * a * c;
///     if (discriminant < 0 || 0.0 == a) {
///         *zeroA = *zeroB = 0.0;
///         return -1;                                                // RETURN
///     }
///
///     const double root = ::sqrt(discriminant);
///     *zeroA = (-b + root) / (2 * a);
///     *zeroB = (-b - root) / (2 * a);
///
///     return 0;
/// }
///
/// }  // close namespace warn
/// }  // close unnamed namespace
/// @endcode
/// Then, we observe the warnings:
/// @code
/// .../bsla_unused.t.cpp:135:27: warning: unused parameter 'zeroC'
/// [-Wunused-parameter]
///                double *zeroC,
///                ~~~~~~~~^~~~~
/// .../bsla_unused.t.cpp:136:26: warning: unused parameter 'cubeFactor'
/// [-Wunused-parameter]
///                double cubeFactor,
///                ~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~
/// .../bsla_unused.t.cpp:133:9: warning: 'int {anonymous}::warn::
/// quadratic(double*, double*, double*, double, double, double, double)'
/// defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
///  int quadratic(double *zeroA,
///      ^~~~~~~~~
/// .../bsla_unused.t.cpp:126:12: warning: '{anonymous}::warn::x' defined but
/// not used [-Wunused-variable]
///  double x;
///         ^
/// @endcode
/// Note that none of the compilers currently in use by the development team
/// issue a warning on the unused `warn::ResultRec`, but some in the future
/// might.  In the meantime, `BSLA_UNUSED` is tolerated on type declarations
/// without resulting in a syntax error.
///
/// Next, we define a namespace, `nowarn`, within the unused namespace with
/// exactly the same unused entities, using the `BSLA_UNUSED` annotation to
/// silence the warnings:
/// @code
/// namespace {
/// namespace nowarn {
///
/// struct ResultRec {
///     double d_x;
///     double d_y;
/// } BSLA_UNUSED;
///
/// double x BSLA_UNUSED;
///
/// /// Solve the quadratic function for the specified 'a', 'b', and 'c',
/// /// where '0 = a * x^2 + b * x + c'.  If the quadratic has no solutions,
/// /// return a non-zero value, and set the specified 'zeroA' and 'zeroB'
/// /// to those solutions and return 0 otherwise.  The specified
/// /// 'cubeFactor' and 'zeroC' are unused for now but will be used in
/// /// future expansion of the function to handle cubic polynomials.
/// int quadratic(double             *zeroA,
///               double             *zeroB,
///               BSLA_UNUSED double *zeroC,
///               BSLA_UNUSED double  cubeFactor,
///               double              a,
///               double              b,
///               double              c) BSLA_UNUSED;
///
/// int quadratic(double             *zeroA,
///               double             *zeroB,
///               BSLA_UNUSED double *zeroC,
///               BSLA_UNUSED double  cubeFactor,
///               double              a,
///               double              b,
///               double              c)
/// {
///     const double discriminant = b * b - 4 * a * c;
///     if (discriminant < 0 || 0.0 == a) {
///         *zeroA = *zeroB = 0.0;
///         return -1;                                                // RETURN
///     }
///
///     const double root = ::sqrt(discriminant);
///     *zeroA = (-b + root) / (2 * a);
///     *zeroB = (-b - root) / (2 * a);
///
///     return 0;
/// }
///
/// }  // close namespace nowarn
/// }  // close unnamed namespace
/// @endcode
/// Finally, we observe that the warnings for the `nowarn` namespace are
/// suppressed.
/// @}
/** @} */
/** @} */
 
/** @addtogroup bsl
 * @{
 */
/** @addtogroup bsla
 * @{
 */
/** @addtogroup bsla_unused
 * @{
 */
 
#include <bsls_platform.h>
 
// Note that it is highly recommended to use 'BSLA_MAYBE_UNUSED'
// ('[[maybe_unused]]') where available, as it is supported by a large number
// of platforms, but that has more specific constraints over where it can be
// syntactically placed than the older vendor annotations.
 
                       // =============================
                       // Checks for Pre-Defined macros
                       // =============================
 
#if defined(BSLA_UNUSED)
#error BSLA_UNUSED is already defined!
#endif
 
#if defined(BSLA_UNUSED_IS_ACTIVE)
#error BSLA_UNUSED_IS_ACTIVE is already defined!
#endif
 
                       // =========================
                       // Set macros as appropriate
                       // =========================
 
#if defined(BSLS_PLATFORM_CMP_GNU) || defined(BSLS_PLATFORM_CMP_CLANG)
    #define BSLA_UNUSED     __attribute__((__unused__))
 
    #define BSLA_UNUSED_IS_ACTIVE 1
#else
    #define BSLA_UNUSED
#endif
 
#endif
 
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/** @} */
/** @} */
/** @} */