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* Re: c++/8656: Unable to assign function with __attribute__ and pointer return type to an appropriate variable
@ 2002-12-05 5:54 ehrhardt
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From: ehrhardt @ 2002-12-05 5:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gcc-bugs, gcc-prs, nobody, rmathew
Synopsis: Unable to assign function with __attribute__ and pointer return type to an appropriate variable
State-Changed-From-To: open->analyzed
State-Changed-By: cae
State-Changed-When: Thu Dec 5 05:54:11 2002
State-Changed-Why:
I'm not sure if this is a bug or nor. The problem is that the
types actually differ because the attribute applies to different
parts of the declaration. In
int * __attribute__((stdcall)) F (void) {};
the attribute is applied to the return type not to the function type.
In the extern declaration
extern int * (__attribute__((stdcall)) * f) (void);
the attribute is applied to the function type. I'm not 100% sure if
this is intended or a parser error but I suspect it is intended.
As a result of this the error itself is justified because calling
conventions for the function and the function pointer differ. The
text of the error however isn't helful at all.
Workaround: Put explicit parenthesis around the attribute and
the function name:
int * (__attribute__(stdcall)) F) (void) {};
regards Christian
http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gcc&pr=8656
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* c++/8656: Unable to assign function with __attribute__ and pointer return type to an appropriate variable
@ 2002-11-28 7:31 rmathew
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From: rmathew @ 2002-11-28 7:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gcc-gnats; +Cc: rmathew
>Number: 8656
>Category: c++
>Synopsis: Unable to assign function with __attribute__ and pointer return type to an appropriate variable
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: unassigned
>State: open
>Class: rejects-legal
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Nov 20 03:06:03 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: rmathew@hotmail.com
>Release: GCC 3.2
>Organization:
>Environment:
MinGW, Cygwin and Linux(x86) (and possibly other x86-32
targets)
>Description:
Consider the following source code saved in file "bar.c":
--------------------------- 8< ---------------------------
extern int * (__attribute__((stdcall)) *fooPtr)( void);
int * __attribute__((stdcall)) myFn01( void) { return 0; }
void snafu( void)
{
fooPtr = myFn01;
}
--------------------------- 8< ---------------------------
Running "g++ -c bar.c" gives:
--------------------------- 8< ---------------------------
bar.c: In function `void snafu()':
bar.c:7: invalid conversion from `int*(*)()' to `int*(*)()'
--------------------------- 8< ---------------------------
However, running "gcc -c bar.c" creates no such problems.
With reference to the source code given above, here're
a few more observations:
1. This problem is not shown by the 2.95.3 g++.
2. If the definition of myFn01 above is changed to
a declaration or if a declaration for the same is
added before it, the problem disappears.
3. The problem appears only if the return type is
of the kind "xyz *" - if there's a "typedef int *intptr;"
and we use "intptr" instead of "int *" for myFn01, the
problem disappears.
4. The problem can also be circumvented by putting the
attribute and the function name together in parentheses
like "int * (__attribute__((stdcall)) myFn01)( void)".
5. The problem does not come if all the "stdcall" instances
are replaced by "cdecl", but it reappears if they are
replaced by "fastcall".
6. Both Borland C/C++ 5.5 and MSVC++ 6.2 compile this code
perfectly (after using the MS equivalent "__stdcall").
Lastly, this looks very similar to PR 6626, but IMHO is
different - the syntax and semantics are perfectly valid
in this case as far as I can see.
>How-To-Repeat:
Just save the sample code given above as file "bar.c" (or
whatever) and run "g++ -c" on it.
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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