# 099. Turn compiler warnings into errors to force code defects to be fixed.
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To ensure that code defects are fixed, use options to turn the relevant compiler warnings into errors in the build system. For example
gfortran -Werror=unused-variable -Werror=unused-function
rejects the code below. Mere warnings are often ignored.
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