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Asked: June 4, 20262026-06-04T14:30:26+00:00 2026-06-04T14:30:26+00:00

I was reading some source code, and this came up; struct Cookie * Curl_cookie_add(struct

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I was reading some source code, and this came up;

struct Cookie *
Curl_cookie_add(struct SessionHandle *data, /* rest of params were here */)
{
/* unrelated things were here */
#ifdef CURL_DISABLE_VERBOSE_STRINGS
  (void)data;
#endif
/* rest of function goes here */
}

As you can see, void casted pointer, isn’t even assigned to a variable. I was wondering what is the purpose of this.

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    2026-06-04T14:30:27+00:00Added an answer on June 4, 2026 at 2:30 pm

    This cast suppresses a compiler warning that would arise if data is not used.

    GCC produces this warning if the -Wunused-parameter flag (implied by -Wextra) is enabled.

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