Since the context is "C" not "C compilers", then I'd say C could have a less dangerous switch statement by requiring break/continue to indicate this. Agreed. Wh

Since the context is "C" not "C compilers", then I'd say C could have a less dangerous switch statement by requiring break/continue to indicate this. Agreed. Why people don't document/annotate for static analysis intentional fallthroughs is beyond me. OK, so we can eliminate one type of bug if we make that change (assuming we fixed all legacy code) -- what about the other legitimate uses of potentially suspect constructs? Compiler writers can do whatever the heck they want, and if dumping ALL THE WARNINGS was the priority, you'd need three lines of command line switches to turn off the "noise" warnings. Clearly, the a bunch of people see it as "noise" or don't care about writing clean code. That's more systemic of programmers.