Confusing location of error in source code

[Alejandro Colomar]

Hi Jonathan,

On 2023-09-01 08:49, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2023, 17:05 Alejandro Colomar via Gcc, <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi!
>>
>> I've been confused for some time with a compilation error that
>> pointed to a slightly-off location.  I wasn't seeing that I used
>> a temporary variable in a constant expression.  The code could be
>> reduced to:
>>
>> $ cat const.c
>> int
>> main(void)
>> {
>>         int x = 42;
>>
>>         _Static_assert(0 || 7 > x, "");
>> }
>> $ cc -Wall -Wextra const.c
>> const.c: In function ‘main’:
>> const.c:6:26: error: expression in static assertion is not constant
>>     6 |         _Static_assert(0 || 7 > x, "");
>>       |                        ~~^~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>> I think the appropriate error report should point to this other point:
>>
>>
>>     6 |         _Static_assert(0 || 7 > x, "");
>>       |                        ~~~~~~~~~^
>>
> 
> Please use bugzilla for bug reports.

Sure, will do.  Thanks!

Alex

> 

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