[Bug c/20385] Lame parse error message for undefined type

[manu at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Comment #4 from manu at gcc dot gnu dot org  2009-10-15 15:21 -------
BTW, Clang claims to get this right. Quoting from:
http://clang.llvm.org/diagnostics.html

  $ gcc-4.2 t.c
  t.c:3: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '*'
token
  $ clang t.c
  t.c:3:1: error: unknown type name 'foo_t'
  foo_t *P = 0;
  ^

This shows an example of much better error recovery. The message coming out of
GCC is completely useless for diagnosing the problem, Clang tries much harder
and produces a much more useful diagnosis of the problem.


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manu at gcc dot gnu dot org changed:

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   Last reconfirmed|2005-12-18 01:43:44         |2009-10-15 15:21:34
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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20385