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Expand Up @@ -101,8 +101,9 @@ You should use as many compilers as you can for your platform(s). Each compiler

### GCC / Clang

`-Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -Wnon-virtual-dtor -pedantic`
`-Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -Wnon-virtual-dtor -pedantic` - use these and consider the following (see descriptions below)

* `-pedantic` - Warn on language extensions
* `-Wall -Wextra` reasonable and standard
* `-Wshadow` warn the user if a variable declaration shadows one from a parent context
* `-Wnon-virtual-dtor` warn the user if a class with virtual functions has a non-virtual destructor. This helps catch hard to track down memory errors
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