[Bug objc/47232] New: Confusing ObjC error message "attributes may not be specified before before ‘class’"

[nicola at gcc dot gnu.org]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47232

           Summary: Confusing ObjC error message "attributes may not be
                    specified before before ‘class’"
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.6.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P3
         Component: objc
        AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org
        ReportedBy: nic...@gcc.gnu.org


The following ObjC testcase:

__attribute__ ((deprecated)) @class A;

triggers the error

test5.m:1:30: error: attributes may not be specified before before ‘class’

which is clumsy.  It is due to c-parser.c producing the error "attributes may
not be specified before" which is then joined with "before 'class'".

Thanks