/XcodeWarnings

xcconfig to enable lots of Xcode warnings

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XcodeWarnings

XcodeWarnings.xcconfig is an Xcode configuration file that lists all warnings and static analyzer settings present in Xcode 10. Comment out any settings that won't help your project.

Accompanying blog post: Xcode Warnings: Can You Turn Them Up to Eleven?

All warnings are enabled, with these exceptions:

Commented Out by Default

  • "Treat Warnings as Errors" (GCC_TREAT_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS) isn't enabled because when experimenting with code, I sometimes temporarily comment out a line which uses a variable — which triggers the "Unused Variables" warning.
  • "Unused Parameters" (GCC_WARN_UNUSED_PARAMETER) isn't enabled because it's not unusual to provide a method required by Apple's frameworks that ignores a parameter.
  • "Multiple Definition Types for Selector" (GCC_WARN_MULTIPLE_DEFINITION_TYPES_FOR_SELECTOR) isn't enabled because it's not unusual to have a @selector on its own, apart from a method definition.

Not Even Included

  • "Pedantic Warnings" (GCC_WARN_PEDANTIC) isn't included because ordinary interaction with Apple's libraries makes it unhappy.
  • "Implicit Synthesized Properties" (CLANG_WARN_OBJC_MISSING_PROPERTY_SYNTHESIS) isn't included because in all likelihood, you don't need to be backwards compatible with non-modern Objective-C.

Static Analyzer

The Static Analyzer is also completely enabled, including "Deep" analysis during the Build action. If that's too slow, comment out CLANG_STATIC_ANALYZER_MODE to restore faster "Shallow" analysis.

Swift 4.2 Performance

The setting "Exclusive Access to Memory" (SWIFT_ENFORCE_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS) is set to "on" which is Full Enforcement (Run-time Checks in All Builds). If you see performance degradation in your release builds, you may want to change this from "on" to "debug-only" so that the checks are done only in debug builds.