c++/9621: const int typedef is rejected

[Wolfgang Bangerth]

> >     Can some language lawyer comment on whether and why
> >       type1 typedef type2;
> >     is legal syntax?
> 
> No, it isn't. typedef is a decl-specifier. They are only allowed as a
> sequence at the start of a simple-declaration:

So it's a bug that gcc accepts it in C++. In a strange sense, it's then 
even a regression that it previously only accepted the version without 
"const" and now accepts both with and without const :-)

I'll change the synopsis of the report in a minute. Thanks for your 
clarification.

W.

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