[Bug c/32449] New: declaring “strcmp()” as an extern function with inclusion of “string.h” is causing compilation error

[suma dot sharma at kpitcummins dot com]

Hi,

I have successfully built SH4-Linux toolchain based on
(binutils-2.17, gcc-4.2-20061205, glibc-2.5) for Renesas SH target.

I am facing problems while compiling the following testcase-

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TESTCASE
#include<string.h>
#include<stdio.h>

extern int strcmp(const char *,const char *);

int main()
{
        char s1[3];
        char s2[3];
        strcpy(s1,"12");
        strcpy(s2,"2");
        printf("\n\t %d",strcmp(s1,s2));
        return 0;
}

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PROBLEM
The above testcase gets compiled with '-O0' optimization successfully----
…/sh4-linux-gcc testcase.c –o a.out –O0

but on compilation with '-O2' optimization option------ 
…/sh4-linux-gcc testcase.c –o a.out –O2

it gives the following
error:-

testcase.c:4: error: expected identifier or ‘(‘ before ‘__extension__’
testcase.c:4: error: expected identifier or ‘(‘ before ‘)’ token

OBSERVATIONS
1. In the above testcase, declaring “strcmp()” as an extern function with
inclusion of “string.h” is causing the above mentioned compilation error. But
on the other hand, if either of the two scenarios is used i.e. either
“string.h” is included or “strcmp()” is declared as an extern function only,
then it compiles successfully with –O2 option. 

2. This problem has been observed with
                   sh-linux toolchain (gcc-4.2) 
                   i686-pc-linux toolchain (gcc-4.1.1, Fedora Core 6)
                   i686-pc-linux toolchain (gcc-4.2.0)

Any help on this will be appreciated.

Regards,
Suma Sharma
KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd,
Pune (INDIA)

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           Summary: declaring “strcmp()” as an extern function with
                    inclusion of “string.h” is causing compilation error
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.2.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: P3
         Component: c
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: suma dot sharma at kpitcummins dot com
 GCC build triplet: i686-pc-linux
  GCC host triplet: sh4-unknown-linux
GCC target triplet: sh4-unknown-linux


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32449