Unused parameter in c++11

c++ c++11 unused-variables

inkooboo · Apr 2, 2013 · Viewed 50.6k times · Source

In c++03 and earlier to disable compiler warning about unused parameter I usually use such code:

#define UNUSED(expr) do { (void)(expr); } while (0)

For example

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    UNUSED(argc);
    UNUSED(argv);

    return 0;
}

But macros are not best practice for c++, so. Does any better solution appear with c++11 standard? I mean can I get rid of macros?

Thanks for all!

Answer

You can just omit the parameter names:

int main(int, char *[])
{

    return 0;
}

And in the case of main, you can even omit the parameters altogether:

int main()
{
    // no return implies return 0;
}

See "§ 3.6 Start and Termination" in the C++11 Standard.