Charles Wilson wrote:
> It is already marked noreturn, in the declaration at the top of the
> file. I got an error when I marked the definition that way --
> apparently gcc4 doesn't like that:
>
> /usr/src/devel/kernel/src/winsup/cygwin/external.cc:181: error:
> attributes are not allowed on a function-definition
>
> I even tried to include the attribute on a (forward) declaration AND the
> definition, but I got the same error. The only thing that works is the
> way I've already done it: apply the attribute to the (forward)
> declaration, but not the definition.
There's been some tightening-up on the syntax of attribute specifications
recently, since they used to be ambiguous and often under-strictly parsed
and/or not/mis-diagnosed. FYI, FTR etc.
cheers,
DaveK
