Possible GCC C parser bug
Markus Trippelsdorf
markus@trippelsdorf.de
Sat Aug 27 05:17:00 GMT 2016
On 2016.08.26 at 20:43 +0000, Toshi Morita wrote:
> Tried to create an account on Bugzilla, won't let me create an account.
> So posting directly to the bugs list.
>
> cdecl says "const int const * pntr" is a syntax error.
> GCC accepts the same construct without warning or error.
> I suspect cdecl is correct.
>
> user@hp-nx9420:~$ cdecl
> Type `help' or `?' for help
> cdecl> const int const * pntr
> syntax error
> cdecl> quit
> user@hp-nx9420:~$ cat test.c
> const int const * pntr;
> user@hp-nx9420:~$ gcc -Wall -S test.c
> user@hp-nx9420:~$
It is just a harmless duplicate type qualifier.
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Markus
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