Re: c/8754: Allows illegal code

[Phil Edwards <phil@jaj.com>]

The following reply was made to PR c/8754; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Phil Edwards <phil@jaj.com>
To: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
Cc: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org, nobody@gcc.gnu.org,
   gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: c/8754: Allows illegal code
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 11:22:11 -0500

 On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 01:21:18PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
 > > int main()
 > > {
 > >    double main=3;
 > >    return main;
 > > }
 > 
 > OK.  So GCC is not an ANSI C compiler by default.  I would like it to
 > be, but I realise the GCC developers do not want that at the moment.
 
 I don't believe ANSI/SIO rules have anything to do with this.
 
 > Could I request a warning by default in the case above, about the
 > variable (or local function) hiding the symbol for the current
 > function?
 
 It's already there:
 
     fenric 8% gcc c.c -Wall
     c.c: In function `main':
     c.c:4: warning: `main' is usually a function
     fenric 9%
 
 
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 I would therefore like to posit that computing's central challenge, viz. "How
 not to make a mess of it," has /not/ been met.
                                                  - Edsger Dijkstra, 1930-2002