CVS head (gcc-3.4), new parser, and should variable names interfere with namespace names?

[Mark Mitchell]

--On Tuesday, December 31, 2002 05:16:22 PM +0000 Neil Booth 
<neil@daikokuya.co.uk> wrote:

>> Andrew Pollard <andrewp@andypo.net> writes:
>>
>> | Hi All,
>> |
>> |  With the recent parser changes, the following snippet of code now
>> | doesn't compile...
>> |
>> | namespace.cxx:
>> | -----------------------
>> | namespace foo {
>> |     int baz(int);
>> | }
>> |
>> | int
>> | bar(int foo)
>>
>> This foo hides ::foo.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> | Is the parser just being more standard conforming,
>>
>> Yes.
>
> Hi Gaby,
>
> I'm no C++ expert, but are you sure?  Comeau accepts it in strict mode,
> and your answer is not how I read 3.4.3p1 which I assume is the relevant
> paragraph.

I think this is indeed a bug in the new parser.

I will work on a fix.

I hate it when I make mistakes.

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