From 982ade4cf9babbac7ca3c5c8804fedbc30afb4fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nic Barker <contact+github@nicbarker.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:20:51 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] [Compilers] Add a dummy function to suppress unused variable
 warning in GCC

---
 clay.h | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/clay.h b/clay.h
index fd74b7d..ca0d5a4 100644
--- a/clay.h
+++ b/clay.h
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@
 
 static uint8_t CLAY__ELEMENT_DEFINITION_LATCH;
 
+// GCC marks the above CLAY__ELEMENT_DEFINITION_LATCH as an unused variable for files that include clay.h but don't declare any layout
+// This is to suppress that warning
+static inline void Clay__SuppressUnusedLatchDefinitionVariableWarning(void) { (void) CLAY__ELEMENT_DEFINITION_LATCH; }
+
 // Publicly visible layout element macros -----------------------------------------------------
 
 /* This macro looks scary on the surface, but is actually quite simple.