Bug#526620: closed by Arthur Loiret <aloiret@debian.org> (reply to aloiret@debian.org) (Re: Bug#526620: False positive from -Wreturn-type)

[Richard Kettlewell <rjk@terraraq.org.uk>]

reopen 526620
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> > This function's return type is required to be 'void *' because it is
> > passed to pthread_create(); but it never actually returns.  However,
> > gcc-4.4 -Wall generates the following warning for it:
> >
> > playrtp.c: In function ‘queue_thread’:
> > playrtp.c:327: error: no return statement in function returning non-void
>
> This is expected behavior, your function is not of type void.

It is not expected behavior to anyone who has read the documentation for 
the option.

> Make your function return the NULL pointer to avoid the warning.

Sorry but this suggestion makes no sense.  The function never returns so 
suggesting it return a null pointer is meaningless.

ttfn/rjk