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From: "jakub at gcc dot gnu.org" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org>
To: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: [Bug c/107980] va_start does not warn about an arbitrary number of arguments in C2x mode
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 14:57:19 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bug-107980-4-c8Lqi5ejaB@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bug-107980-4@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/>

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=107980

--- Comment #13 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
Warning for 3 or more arguments using preprocessor stuff only could look like:
#define __va_start_2()
#define __va_start_23(...) __builtin_warning ("too many va_arg arguments");
#define __va_start_1()
#define __va_start_12(v, ...) __va_start_2##__VA_OPT__(3) (__VA_ARGS__)
#define va_start(v, ...) __va_start_1##__VA_OPT__(2) (__VA_ARGS__)
__builtin_va_start (v, 0)
We are C2X here, so we can rely on __VA_OPT__.
As for warning when there are 2 arguments and second argument is not identifier
for the last argument, in the light of #c12 that would be fairly difficult.  In
the preprocessor it is going to be pretty hard to find out whether in the 2
arguments case the second one is a single identifier token, and on the compiler
side __builtin_va_start or __builtin_va_start_c23 would need to be a keyword
with its own parsing which would parse
normally as expression the first argument, but for the rest just warn if it is
more than 2 arguments or second argument is present and is not identifier of
the last argument, but otherwise ignore the tokens.  Still, isn't say:
#define A (
#define B )
va_start (ap, A B B );
va_start (ap, A A A );
valid in C2X?  That ruins both the argument counting and especially any
attempts to decide something after preprocessing.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-12-07 14:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-05 20:46 [Bug c/107980] New: va_start incorrectly accepts an arbitrary number of arguments in C2x aaron at aaronballman dot com
2022-12-05 20:57 ` [Bug c/107980] " pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org
2022-12-05 21:04 ` aaron at aaronballman dot com
2022-12-05 21:10 ` [Bug c/107980] va_start does not warn about an arbitrary number of arguments in C2x mode pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org
2022-12-05 21:17 ` pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org
2022-12-06 13:37 ` aaron at aaronballman dot com
2022-12-06 13:44 ` pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org
2022-12-06 13:51 ` jakub at gcc dot gnu.org
2022-12-06 14:04 ` aaron at aaronballman dot com
2022-12-06 15:42 ` aaron at aaronballman dot com
2022-12-06 15:46 ` jakub at gcc dot gnu.org
2022-12-06 16:13 ` aaron at aaronballman dot com
2022-12-07  0:55 ` joseph at codesourcery dot com
2022-12-07 14:57 ` jakub at gcc dot gnu.org [this message]
2022-12-07 15:00 ` aaron at aaronballman dot com
2022-12-07 15:38 ` pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org
2022-12-07 16:42 ` aaron at aaronballman dot com
2022-12-07 18:29 ` joseph at codesourcery dot com

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