Question about __attribute__ (mis)handling

[Fergus Henderson]

On 12-Dec-2001, Ira Ruben <ira@apple.com> wrote:
> I have a question about __attribute__ handling for C++ inline member 
> functions.  Given the following example:
...
> It turns out that an __attribute__ for inline members defined within 
> their class is effectively ignored when the __attribute__ is placed 
> before the function name.  So should this be considered a bug?

IMHO yes: silently ignoring attributes is never right.

> should __attribute__ in that position even be allowed?

IMHO yes: it's allowed in that position for non-member functions, and
so for consistency it should be allowed there for member functions too.

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