c++/10309: No specific error message when the base class is not defined

[valentin_iancu@yahoo.com]

>Number:         10309
>Category:       c++
>Synopsis:       No specific error message when the base class is not defined
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Apr 04 13:06:00 UTC 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     valentin_iancu@yahoo.com
>Release:        gcc version 3.2 20020927, 20020903
>Organization:
>Environment:
OS: Win2k / cygwin i686 ALSO 
linux RH 8  3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)
/netrel/src/gcc-3.2-3/configure --enable-languages=c,c++,f77,java --enable-libgcj --enable-threads=posix --with-system-zlib --enable-nls --without-included-gettext --enable-interpreter --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-version-specific-runtime-libs --enable-shared --build=i686-pc-linux --host=i686-pc-cygwin --target=i686-pc-cygwin --enable-haifa --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib --includedir=/nonexistent/include --libexecdir=/usr/sbin
>Description:
gcc gives an erronated "parse" error, when it's actually a semantic error when declaring a class that has a base class undefined.
The famous code:
//Start the file
class A 
	: public B
{
};
//End the file 
Class B is undefined here, and the error message says:
t.cpp:4: parse error before `{' token
I expect here an error that says : <<base class undefined>>!
>How-To-Repeat:
:-D copy & paste may be?
>Fix:

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