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From: hanche@imf.unit.no (Harald Hanche-Olsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: CC Bug?
Message-ID: <HANCHE.90Oct18181418@hufsa.imf.unit.no>
Date: 18 Oct 90 17:14:18 GMT
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In-Reply-To: derstad@cim-vax.honeywell.com's message of 17 Oct 90 01:52:00 GMT

In article <9010170052.AA00467@umix.cc.umich.edu> derstad@cim-vax.honeywell.com ("DAVE ERSTAD") writes:

   OK, campers, here's yet another (probable)  compiler bug.  This time, it's CC:

	test(int a,)
	{
	printf("Hello");
	}

	main()
	{
	   test();
	}

   The above program is syntactically incorrect.  The prototype for
   test has an extraneous comma.  However, CC compiles this with
   no errors and no warnings.

[...[

   The question:  Is there any reason why CC should be accepting the 
   above code as legal?

No, like you said that comma constitutes a syntax error (at least as
far as I am able to decode what K&R<2> says about it).  And not only
that, the error is still around in cc 6.8(beta).  I have reported it,
and if we're really really lucky it will be fixed before 6.8 is out.
But the beta period is almost over, and I think they are reluctant
about changes that are not absolutely essential to do at this stage.
Let's just wait and see...

- Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche@imf.unit.no>
  Division of Mathematical Sciences
  The Norwegian Institute of Technology
  N-7034 Trondheim, NORWAY