[Bug c++/17743] dependent expressions in attributes

[mark at codesourcery dot com]

------- Comment #24 from mark at codesourcery dot com  2005-10-05 22:34 -------
Subject: Re:  dependent expressions in attributes

rth at gcc dot gnu dot org wrote:
> ------- Comment #23 from rth at gcc dot gnu dot org  2005-10-05 21:16 -------
> I'm surprised this is considered tricky.  Seems to me you just stuff the 
> attribute away in the parse tree somewhere and pretend we've just read it
> in during template instantiation.  That's what we do with everything else
> related to templates after all.
> 
> "A mere matter of programming", I'd think.

I agree.  There may be some attributes which need to be processed at
parse-time, before instantiation-time, but that's just more programming.
   I'd expect it to involve touching rather more code than one would
like, though...


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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17743