In GCC 4.5.0, the -Wc++-compat option prints a warning for anonymous unions in C code, even though this code is correct C++ and is accepted by G++.
This is a regression from GCC 4.4. $ gcc-4.5 -Wc++-compat -save-temps -c anon-union.c anon-union.c:15:2: warning: using ({anonymous}) as both field and typedef name is invalid in C++ $ g++-4.5 -Wall -save-temps -c anon-union.c [no error] $ gcc-4.4 -Wc++-compat -save-temps -c anon-union.c [no error] $ cat anon-union.c typedef enum { union_type_1, union_type_2 } union_discriminator; typedef struct { union_discriminator discriminator; union { int type1; char* type2; }; } struct_with_anon_union; struct_with_anon_union foo; $ gcc-4.5 -Wc++-compat -save-temps -v -c anon-union.c Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=/home/jonathan/GCC/FSF/bin/gcc-4.5 COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/home/jonathan/GCC/FSF/libexec/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.5.0/lto-wrapper Target: i486-linux-gnu Configured with: ../gcc-4.5.0/configure --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/home/jonathan/GCC/FSF --enable-shared --enable-multiarch --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/home/jonathan/GCC/FSF/include/c++/4.5 --program-suffix=-4.5 --enable-nls --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-objc-gc --enable-targets=all --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i486 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=i486-linux-gnu --host=i486-linux-gnu --target=i486-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.5.0 (GCC) COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-Wc++-compat' '-save-temps' '-v' '-c' '-mtune=generic' '-march=i486' /home/jonathan/GCC/FSF/libexec/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.5.0/cc1 -E -quiet -v anon-union.c -mtune=generic -march=i486 -Wc++-compat -fpch-preprocess -o anon-union.i ignoring nonexistent directory "/home/jonathan/GCC/FSF/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.5.0/../../../../i486-linux-gnu/include" #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /usr/local/include /home/jonathan/GCC/FSF/include /home/jonathan/GCC/FSF/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.5.0/include /home/jonathan/GCC/FSF/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.5.0/include-fixed /usr/include End of search list. COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-Wc++-compat' '-save-temps' '-v' '-c' '-mtune=generic' '-march=i486' /home/jonathan/GCC/FSF/libexec/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.5.0/cc1 -fpreprocessed anon-union.i -quiet -dumpbase anon-union.c -mtune=generic -march=i486 -auxbase anon-union -Wc++-compat -version -o anon-union.s GNU C (GCC) version 4.5.0 (i486-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 4.5.0, GMP version 4.3.2, MPFR version 2.4.2, MPC version 0.8.1 GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072 GNU C (GCC) version 4.5.0 (i486-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 4.5.0, GMP version 4.3.2, MPFR version 2.4.2, MPC version 0.8.1 GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072 Compiler executable checksum: cef540cf95bd7b1d645fe58566717d69 anon-union.c:15:2: warning: using ({anonymous}) as both field and typedef name is invalid in C++ COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-Wc++-compat' '-save-temps' '-v' '-c' '-mtune=generic' '-march=i486' as -V -Qy --32 -o anon-union.o anon-union.s GNU assembler version 2.20 (i486-linux-gnu) using BFD version (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.20 COMPILER_PATH=/home/jonathan/GCC/FSF/libexec/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.5.0/:/home/jonathan/GCC/FSF/libexec/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.5.0/:/home/jonathan/GCC/FSF/libexec/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/:/home/jonathan/GCC/FSF/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.5.0/:/home/jonathan/GCC/FSF/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/ LIBRARY_PATH=/home/jonathan/GCC/FSF/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.5.0/:/home/jonathan/GCC/FSF/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.5.0/../../../../lib/:/lib/../lib/:/usr/lib/../lib/:/home/jonathan/GCC/FSF/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.5.0/../../../:/lib/:/usr/lib/ COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-Wc++-compat' '-save-temps' '-v' '-c' '-mtune=generic' '-march=i486' -- Summary: -Wc++-compat warns incorrectly for anonymous unions [regression from 4.4] Product: gcc Version: 4.5.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: lennox at cs dot columbia dot edu GCC build triplet: i486-linux-gnu GCC host triplet: i486-linux-gnu GCC target triplet: i486-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44772