------- Additional Comments From enok at lysator dot liu dot se 2005-08-18 07:42 ------- After some research, I'm pretty sure the rejected code is legal.
§734: A specification-expr is a scalar-int-expr Constraint: The scalar-int-expr shall be a restricted expression Since "a variable from the host program unit" is a restricted expression the code is valid. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23446