http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58724
Bug ID: 58724 Summary: doc: use of attributes for namespace is not clear Product: gcc Version: 4.9.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: minor Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: akim.demaille at gmail dot com Hi friends, I could not find an example of a use of the attributes for namespaces. It is mentioned in the text body, but there is no example of the syntax (it appears for the documentation of "visibility" in http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.8.1/gcc/Function-Attributes.html#Function-Attributes). Also, it does not appear in the node dedicated to C++ attributes (http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.8.1/gcc/C_002b_002b-Attributes.html#C_002b_002b-Attributes). Also, it might be worth noting (in the doc) that the __attribute__ syntax is supported, but not [[...]]. I have no idea if this is meant. 4.8 issues a weird error message, 4.9 ices. $ cat foo.cc namespace foo __attribute__((visibility("default"))) {} namespace bar [[gnu::visibility("default")]] {} $ g++-mp-4.8 -std=c++1y foo.cc -c foo.cc:2:46: warning: '#'tree_list' not supported by dump_decl#<declaration error>' attribute directive ignored [-Wattributes] namespace bar [[gnu::visibility("default")]] {} ^ $ g++-mp-4.9 -std=c++1y foo.cc -c foo.cc:2:46: internal compiler error: tree check: expected identifier_node, have tree_list in private_is_attribute_p, at tree.c:5558 namespace bar [[gnu::visibility("default")]] {} ^ foo.cc:2:46: internal compiler error: Abort trap: 6 g++-mp-4.9: internal compiler error: Abort trap: 6 (program cc1plus) zsh: abort g++-mp-4.9 -std=c++1y foo.cc -c $ g++-mp-4.9 --version 13 g++-mp-4.9 (MacPorts gcc49 4.9-20130915_0) 4.9.0 20130915 (experimental) Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.