During the parsing of enum definitions, if some invalid type combination is reached, the base type is forced to 'bad_ctype'. Good. However, this is done without a warning and it's only when the enum is used that some sign of a problem may appear, with no hint toward the true cause. Fix this by issuing a warning when the base type becomes invalid. Signed-off-by: Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@xxxxxxxxx> --- parse.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/parse.c b/parse.c index 3bccc6023..41d5fd93a 100644 --- a/parse.c +++ b/parse.c @@ -925,8 +925,10 @@ static struct token *parse_enum_declaration(struct token *token, struct symbol * info(expr->pos, " expected: %s", show_typename(base_type)); info(expr->pos, " got: %s", show_typename(ctype)); base_type = &bad_ctype; - } else + } else if (base_type != &bad_ctype) { + sparse_error(token->pos, "bad enum definition"); base_type = &bad_ctype; + } parent->ctype.base_type = base_type; } if (is_int_type(base_type)) { -- 2.18.0