Re: [Chicken-hackers] Making -scrutinize the default?

[Mario Domenech Goulart]

Hi,

On Fri, 5 Oct 2012 18:25:58 +0200 Peter Bex <address@hidden> wrote:

> The scrutinizer has been tested a lot by now and I think it provides
> useful warnings.  Especially when it comes to deprecated stuff, it's
> very useful to know when you're using stuff that will disappear in
> the next release (case in point: the recent massive salmonella breakage
> with master).
>
> I believe it's been suggested before, but I still think it would be
> a good idea to make -scrutinize the default.  You'd get all of the
> benefits of type checking, but none of the risky optimizations that
> -specialize offers.  I haven't seen bogus warnings from the scrutinizer
> in quite a while.
>
> Thoughts?  Opinions?

I think it is a good idea.  Is there any reason *not* to do that?

Best wishes.
Mario
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