Bug 155641 - Forward reference in extern array reference causes error.
Summary: Forward reference in extern array reference causes error.
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gcc4
Version: 4
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Jakub Jelinek
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Reported: 2005-04-22 05:08 UTC by Rusty Scott
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-04-24 11:24:22 UTC
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A simple compile case to demonstrate the issue. (270 bytes, text/plain)
2005-04-22 05:08 UTC, Rusty Scott
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Description Rusty Scott 2005-04-22 05:08:36 UTC
Description of problem:
A valid forward reference to a structure in an external reference is errored by
gcc4.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gcc version 4.0.0 20050405 (Red Hat 4.0.0-0.40)

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. get test_code.c (from attachment)
2. gcc test_code.c
3.
  
Actual results:
test_code.c:7: error: array type has incomplete element type

Expected results:
This hasn't ever been an error before, I'm not aware of any specification
changes to the way forward references work.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Rusty Scott 2005-04-22 05:08:36 UTC
Created attachment 113510 [details]
A simple compile case to demonstrate the issue.

Comment 2 Jakub Jelinek 2005-04-24 11:24:22 UTC
This is not a bug.  Your testcase is not valid ISO C.  See ISO C99, 6.7.5.2 Array
declarators: The element type shall not be an incomplete or function type.
Older GCC's issued a pedantic warning (resp. error with -pedantic-errors), in
GCC 4.0.x and later this error is unconditional.



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