http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47650
--- Comment #22 from rguenther at suse dot de <rguenther at suse dot de> 2011-03-15 16:33:09 UTC --- On Tue, 15 Mar 2011, joe at mcknight dot de wrote: > http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47650 > > --- Comment #21 from joe at mcknight dot de 2011-03-15 16:18:37 UTC --- > (In reply to comment #19) > > All looks good to me with your C testcase: > > > > (gdb) call debug_generic_expr (fndecl->common.type) > > int <T357> (struct > > { > > double dvar; > > int ivar; > > } *) > > Hm, the function was declared to take a new type "tpdefp", so I was expecting > the dump to return it like this and not resolve it to whatever it is > typedef'ed > to. > > Compare it to: > > typedef int mytype; > int myfunc2(mytype var) { > return 1; > }; > > which outputs > > static int myfunc2 (mytype); > > i.e. returns the newly created type as well. That's by design. > > (gdb) call debug_generic_expr (fndecl->common.type) > > void (*Handler) (int, void *) <T352> (void) > > It outputs "static void (*Handler) (int, void *) GetFunctionPointer (void);" > > And this is not C :-) > > The compiler throws a parse error when I compile a function with the prototype > that it outputs. It's not designed to do that. The functions are for debugging and diagnostic output only, they are not supposed to generate valid C. Richard.
