Gcc complains about legal code. Test case stripped down from a gdb testsuite test case.
Environment: System: Linux fishfood.ninemoons.com 2.6.14-1.1656_FC4 #1 Thu Jan 5 22:13:22 EST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Architecture: i686 host: i686-pc-linux-gnu build: i686-pc-linux-gnu target: i686-pc-linux-gnu configured with: /src/latest/trunk/src/gcc/configure -v --prefix=/opt/local/latest/trunk --enable-languages=c,c++ --cache-file=.././config.cache --srcdir=/src/latest/trunk/src/gcc How-To-Repeat: $ cat /tmp/bug.c struct s_1 { short s[1]; } z_1; struct s_1 add_struct_1 (struct s_1 s) { return s; } struct s_1 wack_struct_1 (void) { register struct s_1 u = z_1; u = add_struct_1 (u); return u; } $ gcc -c /tmp/bug.c /tmp/bug.c: In function âwack_struct_1â: /tmp/bug.c:13: error: address of register variable âuâ requested -- Summary: gcc errors on valid code Product: gcc Version: 2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: fnf at specifix dot com GCC build triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu GCC target triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26004