The code in the PR is correctly rejected now, this adds a test to prevent regressions so the PR can be closed.
2011-06-04 Jonathan Wakely <jwakely....@gmail.com> PR c++/33840 * g++.dg/diagnostic/bitfld2.C: New. Tested x86_64-linux, ok for trunk and 4.6?
Index: testsuite/g++.dg/diagnostic/bitfld2.C =================================================================== --- testsuite/g++.dg/diagnostic/bitfld2.C (revision 0) +++ testsuite/g++.dg/diagnostic/bitfld2.C (revision 0) @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +// PR c++/33840 +// { dg-do compile } + +template<int> struct A +{ + struct {} : 2; // { dg-error "expected ';' after struct" } +}; +// { dg-error "ISO C.. forbids declaration" "" { target *-*-* } 6 } +// { dg-error "ISO C.. prohibits anonymous" "" { target *-*-* } 6 }