[Bug c++/17150] New: Ugly diagnostics for invalid variably modified type

[falk at debian dot org]

This test case posted for PR 17148:

struct A {};
struct B : A
{
    static int foo() { return 1; }
    int i[B::foo()];
};

produces the ugly diagnostic:

test.cc:6: error: data member may not have variably modified type `int [(((long
unsigned int)(((long int)B::foo()) - 1)) + 1u)]'

with g++ 3.5.0 20040815 on alphaev68-unknown-linux-gnu.

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           Summary: Ugly diagnostics for invalid variably modified type
           Product: gcc
           Version: 3.5.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Keywords: diagnostic
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: c++
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: falk at debian dot org
                CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17150