c++/7585: Attributes for nested typedef-name ignored

[Joseph S. Myers]

The following reply was made to PR c++/7585; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28@cam.ac.uk>
To: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@ticam.utexas.edu>
Cc: <gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org>,  <gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: c++/7585: Attributes for nested typedef-name ignored
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 19:16:35 +0000 (GMT)

 On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, Wolfgang Bangerth wrote:
 
 > > Said differently, what do you envision for the "right" syntax for
 > > 
 > >    typedef unsigned char type[sizeof(int)] 
 > >              __attribute__((__aligned__(__alignof__(int))));
 
 typedef unsigned char
     (__attribute__((__aligned__(__alignof__(int)))) type)[sizeof(int)]
 
 (supposing that the attribute is to be applied to the array type).
 
 > I think it would help to have a formal specification of attribute 
 > placement somewhere. Although it would probably be so complicated that 
 > nobody would want to read it...
 
 "Attribute Syntax" in the manual.  It does presume you fully understand
 the formal definition in the C standard of declarator syntax, before you
 can understand how it is extended with attributes.
 
 -- 
 Joseph S. Myers
 jsm28@cam.ac.uk