Index: trunk/Ohana/src/libohana/include/ohana.h
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--- trunk/Ohana/src/libohana/include/ohana.h	(revision 39248)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/libohana/include/ohana.h	(revision 39407)
@@ -239,4 +239,7 @@
 # define myAssert(LOGIC,...) { if (!(LOGIC)) { fprintf (stderr, __VA_ARGS__); abort(); } }
 # define myAbort(MSG) { fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", MSG); abort(); }
+
+// a no-op to mark unused parameters in a function
+# define OHANA_UNUSED_PARAM(x)(void)(x)
 
 // sorting is now defined as a macro call