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On 01/15/2015 02:18 PM, Simon Wright wrote:
> 
> As I think I've said before, with the same compiler (on Mac OS X, but
> I'd be _very_ surprised if that made a difference) I get warnings on all
> three lines.

You don't have the code the OP compiled, since he didn't post it. There's no
telling what may appear between "begin" and the lines in question in that code.
As Duff showed, a null procedure call is enough to eliminate the warning on the
line using I.

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