From: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
To: Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] parse: support c99 [static ...] in abstract array declarators
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:12:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140417001234.GA18426@leaf> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1397603337-28016-1-git-send-email-cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 04:08:57PM -0700, Cody P Schafer wrote:
> Makes sparse a little more accepting than the standard: we accept any
> number of ["static", "restrict"] repeated in any order, while the n1570
> specifies (in 6.7.6.2.3) that either type-qualifiers (ie: "restrict")
> come first and are followed by "static" or the opposite ("static" then
> type-qualifiers).
>
> Also add a test.
>
> Signed-off-by: Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
What's the rationale for this? Why should sparse accept more than the
standard allows? What real-world code do you have that requires this?
And would it be worth adding a warning for this non-standards-compliant
code, even if that warning isn't on by default?
- Josh Triplett
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-17 0:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-15 23:08 [PATCH] parse: support c99 [static ...] in abstract array declarators Cody P Schafer
2014-04-17 0:12 ` Josh Triplett [this message]
2014-04-17 3:50 ` Cody P Schafer
2014-04-17 5:09 ` Josh Triplett
2014-04-17 6:50 ` Christopher Li
2014-04-18 5:52 ` Christopher Li
2014-04-21 16:43 ` Cody P Schafer
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