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From: Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@gmail.com>
To: Lance Richardson <lrichard@redhat.com>
Cc: Linux-Sparse <linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: bit-field notation and k&r function syntax
Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 01:07:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170503230721.vb4aunmpaa2xxaf2@desk.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <571546431.4485670.1493831412428.JavaMail.zimbra@redhat.com>

On Wed, May 03, 2017 at 01:10:12PM -0400, Lance Richardson wrote:
> I noticed when browsing parse.c that function parameters declared
> using K&R syntax are parsed by calling declaration_list(), which
> seems to have been intended for parsing structure member declarations
> and accepts bit-field syntax.
> 
> So e.g. this is (incorrectly) accepted by sparse:
> 
> static int foo(b)
> int b: 4;
> {
> 	return 0;
> }

Hmmm yes.
What's sparse use 'declaration_list()' for is not what correspond
to the standard's 'declaration-list' but is indeed for something
that should be reserved to structs.

Nice catch.

-- Luc

  reply	other threads:[~2017-05-03 23:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <1231012108.4484627.1493830970281.JavaMail.zimbra@redhat.com>
2017-05-03 17:10 ` bit-field notation and k&r function syntax Lance Richardson
2017-05-03 23:07   ` Luc Van Oostenryck [this message]
2017-05-04  1:50     ` Christopher Li
2017-05-04  2:14       ` Luc Van Oostenryck
2017-05-04  3:20         ` Christopher Li
2017-05-04 15:07           ` Luc Van Oostenryck

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