c/7474: gcc compiles illegal source code without generating any warnings

Fri Aug 2 11:56:00 GMT 2002

>Number:         7474
>Category:       c
>Synopsis:       gcc compiles illegal source code without generating any warnings
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Aug 02 11:56:01 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     geneing@myrealbox.com
>Release:        2.95.3 and 3.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
any
>Description:
compiler does not warn about illegal code and missing return statements. Attached program is missing a return statement in function foo (for some clauses) and ambiguous declaration of an array in function bar. Neither generates any warnings. 
>How-To-Repeat:
gcc bug.c
>Fix:

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