From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by sourceware.org (Postfix, from userid 48) id C3230385BF9D; Fri, 14 May 2021 14:33:39 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org C3230385BF9D From: "jason at gcc dot gnu.org" To: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: [Bug c++/100596] [12 Regression] error: attribute appertains to a friend declaration that is not a definition since r12-786-g149061188c7c6ddf Date: Fri, 14 May 2021 14:33:39 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: gcc X-Bugzilla-Component: c++ X-Bugzilla-Version: 12.0 X-Bugzilla-Keywords: rejects-valid X-Bugzilla-Severity: normal X-Bugzilla-Who: jason at gcc dot gnu.org X-Bugzilla-Status: NEW X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: P1 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: 12.0 X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gcc-bugs mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 May 2021 14:33:39 -0000 https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D100596 --- Comment #3 from Jason Merrill --- (In reply to Marek Polacek from comment #1) > Rejecting such code was the point of the patch. I guess we'll have to > either downgrade to a warning or just not complain about GNU attributes at > all. Let's do both. It occurs to me that attributes on non-definition friends can be useful when there is no other reachable declaration of the function, as struct A { __attribute((deprecated)) friend void f(A); // part of A API, definition = in .C }; int main() { A a; f(a); // warning desired }=