A broken diagnostic is issued for the following invalid code snippet since GCC 4.0.0:
================================ void foo(char **p, char **q) { (p - q)(); } ================================ With GCC 4.0.x we got bug.c: In function 'foo': bug.c:3: error: called object '#'exact_div_expr' not supported by pp_c_expression#' is not a function which is already bad enough. But since GCC 4.1.0 it's even worse: #'exact_div_expr' not supported by pp_c_expression#'bug.c: In function 'foo': bug.c:3: error: called object is not a function Not only the exact_div_expr case should be fixed, but also the output order when we hit something unsupported. And, yes, there are more cases of unsupported expressions. How about the following? ================================ void foo(char *p, char *q) { (p < q ? p : q)(); } ================================ #'min_expr' not supported by pp_c_expression#'bug.c: In function 'foo': bug.c:3: error: called object is not a function ================================ void foo(double x, double y) { (x/y)(); } ================================ #'rdiv_expr' not supported by pp_c_expression#'bug.c: In function 'foo': bug.c:3: error: called object is not a function ================================ void foo(unsigned i, int j) { (i << j | i >> (32 - j))(); (i >> j | i << (32 - j))(); } ================================ #'lrotate_expr' not supported by pp_c_expression#'bug.c: In function 'foo': bug.c:3: error: called object is not a function #'rrotate_expr' not supported by pp_c_expression#'bug.c:4: error: called object is not a function -- Summary: [4.1/4.2/4.3/4.4 regression] Completely broken diagnostics Product: gcc Version: 4.4.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Keywords: diagnostic, monitored Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: reichelt at gcc dot gnu dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35441