Re: Incorrect declaration parsing in gcc 3.0.3?

[Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>]

"D. Towner" <towner@compsci.bristol.ac.uk> writes:

|> Hi all,
|> 
|> I am using gcc 3.0.3, both as a base from which to port a new machine, and
|> as a native compiler for Linux Mandrake 8.0. I recently noticed the
|> following strange error. Consider:
|> 
|> 1:  int main() {
|> 2:    int i;
|> 3:    i = 0;
|> 4:    int d; // Declaration in code body,
|> 5:    d = 0;
|> 6:  }
|> 
|> gcc 2.96 flags the declaration on line 4 as an error, but gcc 3.0.3
|> ignores this, and generates what appears to be correct code (albeit with
|> a C++-like declaration)? Have the rules on declarations changed, or is gcc
|> 3.0.3 doing something wrong?

This is correct in C99, so gcc is obliged to accept it.  If you want gcc
to only accept C89 code you should compile with --std=c89.

Andreas.

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