[Bug preprocessor/12607] New: preprocessor fails to diagnose an undefined ## result

[sebor at roguewave dot com]

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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12607

           Summary: preprocessor fails to diagnose an undefined ## result
           Product: gcc
           Version: 3.3
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: preprocessor
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: sebor at roguewave dot com
                CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org

The preprocessor issues an error for the case marked #1 in the program below but
fails to diagnose a similar construct marked #2. In neither instance the result
of the ## operator yields a single valid pp-token. For consistency I suggest
that gcc diagnose both cases.

Additionally, to make porting to gcc from more permissive compilers (no other
compiler gives an error for this by default) easier, I suggest that these cases
be only flagged as warnings when -Wall is used (and silently accepted otherwise)
and turned into hard errors only when -Werror is used.

Thanks
Martin

$ catnc t.cpp && gcc -E t.cpp
/*   1 */ #define CAT(a, b)   a ## b
/*   2 */ 
/*   3 */ struct S { enum { ab }; } s;
/*   4 */ 
/*   5 */ int i = CAT (1+, 2);    // #1
/*   6 */ int j = CAT (s.a, b);   // #2
# 1 "t.cpp"
# 1 "<built-in>"
# 1 "<command line>"
# 1 "t.cpp"


struct S { enum { ab }; } s;

t.cpp:5:19: pasting "+" and "2" does not give a valid preprocessing token
int i = 1 + 2;
int j = s.ab;