Re: bit-field notation and k&r function syntax

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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
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