function attribute location

[Ian Lance Taylor]

NightStrike <nightstrike@gmail.com> writes:

> If I want to mark a function parameter as unused, do I place it before
> or after the type?
>
> void xx ( __attribute__((unused)) int a ) { ... }
> void xx (  int __attribute__((unused)) a ) { ... }
>
> Which is correct?

This is what the gcc source code does:

void xx (int a __attribute__ ((unused))) { ... }

The unused attribute applies to the parameter, not the type.

Ian