http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53502
Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jakub at gcc dot gnu.org --- Comment #6 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-05-28 15:52:39 UTC --- I believe because for C++ that kind of typedef isn't useless when the enum is anonymous - the typedef gives it a name. On int foo () { typedef enum { A = 1 } E1, E2; typedef enum E { B = 1 } E3, E4; return A + B; } C warns about E{1,2,3,4}, while C++ warns just about E{2,3,4}, but not E1.