https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=95945
--- Comment #1 from Haoxin Tu <haoxintu at gmail dot com> --- Add a more meaningful case $cat p.cc int a ( auto struct x { int b ();}) {} $g++ -w p.cc p.cc:1:23: error: types may not be defined in parameter types 1 | int a ( auto struct x { int b ();}) {} | ^ p.cc:1:32: internal compiler error: in poplevel, at cp/decl.c:585 1 | int a ( auto struct x { int b ();}) {} | ^ 0x683eae poplevel(int, int, int) ../../gcc/cp/decl.c:585 0xa45d68 end_template_decl() ../../gcc/cp/pt.c:4688 0x9f86c2 finish_fully_implicit_template ../../gcc/cp/parser.c:44280 0xa3a12a cp_parser_member_declaration ../../gcc/cp/parser.c:25414 0xa0e061 cp_parser_member_specification_opt ../../gcc/cp/parser.c:24850 0xa0e061 cp_parser_class_specifier_1 ../../gcc/cp/parser.c:23947 0xa10213 cp_parser_class_specifier ../../gcc/cp/parser.c:24254 0xa10213 cp_parser_type_specifier ../../gcc/cp/parser.c:17762 0xa11172 cp_parser_decl_specifier_seq ../../gcc/cp/parser.c:14410 0xa2db8f cp_parser_parameter_declaration ../../gcc/cp/parser.c:22818 0xa2e582 cp_parser_parameter_declaration_list ../../gcc/cp/parser.c:22641 0xa2e95c cp_parser_parameter_declaration_clause ../../gcc/cp/parser.c:22568 0xa1bda7 cp_parser_direct_declarator ../../gcc/cp/parser.c:21245 0xa1bda7 cp_parser_declarator ../../gcc/cp/parser.c:21109 0xa30346 cp_parser_init_declarator ../../gcc/cp/parser.c:20609 0xa11e42 cp_parser_simple_declaration ../../gcc/cp/parser.c:13785 0xa3b0b6 cp_parser_declaration ../../gcc/cp/parser.c:13484 0xa3b7fa cp_parser_translation_unit ../../gcc/cp/parser.c:4761 0xa3b7fa c_parse_file() ../../gcc/cp/parser.c:44043 0xb5473b c_common_parse_file() ../../gcc/c-family/c-opts.c:1190 Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. Please include the complete backtrace with any bug report. See <https://gcc.gnu.org/bugs/> for instructions. In Clang $clang++ -w p.cc p.cc:1:21: error: 'x' cannot be defined in a parameter type int a ( auto struct x { int b ();}) {} ^ 1 error generated.