[PATCH] Fix PR/11067 Strange warning with pure virtual inline function

Mark Mitchell mark@codesourcery.com
Tue Jun 24 20:26:00 GMT 2003


On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 10:05, Jason Merrill wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 01:50:04 -0500, Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@ices.utexas.edu> wrote:
> 
> >> When a pure virtual function is also marked as inline, gcc should not warn
> >> about it not being defined with -Winline. The problem is the function is 
> >> declared inline but this warning does not make sense for pure virtual 
> >> functions.
> >
> > Why? It's admittedly rare, but it's legal to have a definition for a pure 
> > virtual function, and then it can also be inlined. The warning is just as 
> > useful (or not useful, IMHO) as for any other function.
> 
> Indeed.  The standard doesn't make any exception to the inline linkage
> rules for pure virtual functions.

I agree as well.  I would suggest that this PR be closed as not-a-bug.

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