[Bug c/26581] incomplete (unsized) static array types cannot be completed

[joseph at codesourcery dot com]

------- Comment #5 from joseph at codesourcery dot com  2006-03-06 18:58 -------
Subject: Re:  incomplete (unsized) static array types cannot be
 completed

On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, bernard at brenda-arkle dot demon dot co dot uk wrote:

> struct poo; /* declares an incomplete structure type, 6.7.2.3 para. 7 */
> static struct poo thingy; /* a tentative definition, 6.9.2 para. 2 */
> /* The structure type is still incomplete, 6.7.2.3 para. 3 */
> /* any subsequent definition of struct poo is too late */
> 
> Shouldn't this now be flagged as an error, at least if '-pedantic'
> is requested?

Yes.  Again, this is a quality-of-implementation issue since the 
requirement is not a Constraint.  I'm already aware of the issue that if 
the struct is subsequently defined there isn't an error here, though I 
don't think there's a bug filed (bug 24293 is related but not the same).


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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26581