http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=40076
--- Comment #5 from joseph at codesourcery dot com <joseph at codesourcery dot
com> 2012-05-02 20:13:02 UTC ---
On Wed, 2 May 2012, manu at gcc dot gnu.org wrote:
> I think this is confirmed. Clang prints:
>
> pr40076.cc:1:17: error: 's3' can not be defined in a type specifier
> int i = (struct s3 { int j; }) { 1 }.j;
> ^
> 1 error generated.
>
> for both C and C++.
That's correct for C++ (by the analogy discussed in this bug report), but
not for C.
> pr40076.cc:1:17: error: initializer element is not constant
> int i = (struct s3 { int j; }) { 1 }.j;
> ^
>
> which is less clear.
That's a correct error for C, however; C allows types to be defined like
that in sizeof, casts and compound literals, but that initializer is not
(required to be) constant in C standard terms.
