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* [Bug c++/21603] New: C++ front-end accepts "new" with VLAs
@ 2005-05-16 2:17 mmitchel at gcc dot gnu dot org
2005-05-16 20:28 ` [Bug c++/21603] " jason at redhat dot com
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: mmitchel at gcc dot gnu dot org @ 2005-05-16 2:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gcc-bugs
All three lines marked with comments in:
void f(int n) {
typedef int T[n][n];
new int[n][n]; // #1
new (int[n][n]); // #2
new T; // #3
}
are invalid, but only the first receives an error without -pedantic.
That's an inconsistency; either we should allow all, or none, of the
declarations. Which should it be?
Steve Adamczyk has indicated that he feels that permitting dynamic allocation of
VLAs is a mistake, in that, for example, you can't easily use the pointer
outside the scope of the containing function, unless you somehow also pass/save
the bounds.
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Summary: C++ front-end accepts "new" with VLAs
Product: gcc
Version: 4.0.0
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: c++
AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
ReportedBy: mmitchel at gcc dot gnu dot org
CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org,jason at redhat dot
com,nathan at codesourcery dot com
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21603
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* [Bug c++/21603] C++ front-end accepts "new" with VLAs
2005-05-16 2:17 [Bug c++/21603] New: C++ front-end accepts "new" with VLAs mmitchel at gcc dot gnu dot org
@ 2005-05-16 20:28 ` jason at redhat dot com
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: jason at redhat dot com @ 2005-05-16 20:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gcc-bugs
------- Additional Comments From jason at redhat dot com 2005-05-16 20:28 -------
Subject: Re: New: C++ front-end accepts "new" with VLAs
On 16 May 2005 02:16:51 -0000, "mmitchel at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
> Steve Adamczyk has indicated that he feels that permitting dynamic allocation of
> VLAs is a mistake, in that, for example, you can't easily use the pointer
> outside the scope of the containing function, unless you somehow also pass/save
> the bounds.
Makes sense to me.
Jason
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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21603
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