__attribute__((unused)) and parameter decls

[Mike Stump]

> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 17:26:38 +0100
> From: Nathan Sidwell <nathan@acm.org>
> To: egcs-bugs@cygnus.com

> G++ goesn't grok __attribute__ when applied to function parameters.

> GNU C++ does not currently support this attribute as definitions
> without parameters are valid in C++.

> So my request is, can g++ be extended so that __attribute__((unused))
> works on parameters?

I don't see a good reason why to not go that direction, so yes, in the
name of consistency and compatibleness.