c/9166: [2003-01-03] C front end's type scoping not right

[neil at gcc dot gnu dot org]

>Number:         9166
>Category:       c
>Synopsis:       [2003-01-03] C front end's type scoping not right
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jan 03 16:36:00 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     neil@gcc.gnu.org
>Release:        GCC 3.4 and earlier
>Organization:
>Environment:

>Description:
/* Compile the code snippet below with -pedantic.  The code
is illegal because the function f is redeclared with an incompatible prototype, but GCC doesn't winge.  */

struct bar {int x, y;};

void foo ()
{
  extern void f( struct bar {double x, y;} );
}

void f (struct bar );
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
I doubt it's easy with the current code.  Best idea is to clean up the front-end's handling of scopes; it's too messy and obfuscated.
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