https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66995
Bug ID: 66995 Summary: First declaration as inline after definition of function Product: gcc Version: unknown Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: anders.granlund.0 at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- Consider the following program (prog.cc): void f() {} inline void f(); int main() {} It is ill-formed by [dcl.fct.spec]/4 (http://eel.is/c++draft/dcl.fct.spec#4): "If the definition of a function appears in a translation unit before its first declaration as inline, the program is ill-formed." Therefore I expected gcc to give at least one diagnostic message when compiling it, but I get none with the following command line: g++ prog.cc -std=c++98 -pedantic-errors I have tried with gcc HEAD 6.0.0 20150722 here: http://melpon.org/wandbox/permlink/c6wrML22huCFZMxp