[Bug c/29062] New: Parse error after label and variable declaration

[tdalman at project-psi dot org]

Consider following code:

//////////////////////////
1  int main(int argc, char** argv) {
2    if (argc > 1) {
3      goto finish;
4    }
5  finish:
6    int ret = 1;
7    return ret;
8  }
//////////////////////////

Though I tested different versions of GCC (3.3.5, 3.4.4, 4.1.1), I was not able
to compile the code above. This is the error message on a debian sarge with GCC
3.3.5:

//////////////////////////////
tdalman@tarzan:~/src> gcc label.c
label.c: In function `main':
label.c:8: error: syntax error before "int"
label.c:9: error: `ret' undeclared (first use in this function)
label.c:9: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
label.c:9: error: for each function it appears in.)
//////////////////////////////

I am not sure, whether my code violates the standard, or this is a bug.
However, if I enclose the code after the finish label with curly brackets
(lines 6 and 7), the error disappears.


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           Summary: Parse error after label and variable declaration
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.1.1
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P3
         Component: c
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: tdalman at project-psi dot org
  GCC host triplet: i486-linux


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29062