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Re: [Patch to gcc/function] PR 58362


On Mon, 9 Sep 2013, Paolo Carlini wrote:

> On 09/09/2013 12:04 PM, Richard Biener wrote:
> > On Mon, 9 Sep 2013, Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 11:45:08AM +0200, Richard Biener wrote:
> > > > Well, in this case the patch should IMHO be a no-op.
> > > > 
> > > > -      warning (OPT_Wunused_parameter, "unused parameter %q+D", decl);
> > > > +      warning_at (DECL_SOURCE_LOCATION (decl), OPT_Wunused_parameter,
> > > > +		  "unused parameter %qD", decl);
> > > > 
> > > > no?  Unless I misunderstand what %q+D should do.
> > > The question is how exactly is %q+D defined, if it is
> > > warning_at (location_of (decl), OPT_Wunused_parameter, "unused parameter
> > > %qD", decl); in this case, or
> > > DECL_SOURCE_LOCATION (decl) instead.
> > It can't be 'location_of' because that's a C++ FE speciality but
> > warning_at and %q+D are diagnostic machinery level.
> Everything happens via call backs. Thus from the generic diagnostic machinery,
> you go to cp_printer for C++, thus location_of for C++. In C is different, but
> again there is, evidently, a mechanism which uses DECL_CONTEXT for PARM_DECLs
> which leads to an inaccurate location when we *really* want the location of
> the parameter (exactly as I explained for C++).

I understand that.  But I question it.  Why would that ever be useful?
Can't the places that want that simply use warning/error_at with the
proper location?

Richard.


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