------- Comment #1 from jason at gcc dot gnu dot org 2009-01-11 20:31 ------- IMO it would be inappropriate to give this warning for a late-specified return type. The warning is only there to catch old code which expects "const int foo()" to declare a const function returning int, rather than a function returning const int. No such historical ambiguity exists with the new syntax.
-- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38797
