https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60085
--- Comment #4 from Gerhard Steinmetz <gerhard.steinmetz.fort...@t-online.de> --- Another variant (invalid) : $ cat z1.c void fn1 () { void fnx () int n; int a[n]; } $ gcc-7-20170205 -c z1.c z1.c: In function 'fnx': z1.c:6:1: error: expected declaration specifiers before '}' token } ^ z1.c:5:7: error: declaration for parameter 'a' but no such parameter int a[n]; ^ z1.c:4:7: error: declaration for parameter 'n' but no such parameter int n; ^ z1.c:6:1: error: expected '{' at end of input } ^ z1.c: In function 'fn1': z1.c:6:1: error: expected declaration or statement at end of input z1.c:1:6: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault void fn1 () ^~~ 0xbf633f crash_signal ../../gcc/toplev.c:333 0xc9053a get_frame_type ../../gcc/tree-nested.c:211 0xc9053a get_chain_decl ../../gcc/tree-nested.c:317 0xc93d89 get_chain_decl ../../gcc/tree-nested.c:909 0xc93d89 get_nonlocal_debug_decl ../../gcc/tree-nested.c:913 0xc94138 convert_nonlocal_reference_op ../../gcc/tree-nested.c:992 0xec2222 walk_tree_1(tree_node**, tree_node* (*)(tree_node**, int*, void*), void*, hash_set<tree_node*, default_hash_traits<tree_node*> >*, tree_node* (*)(tree_node**, int*, tree_node* (*)(tree_node**, int*, void*), void*, hash_set<tree_node*, default_hash_traits<tree_node*> >*)) ../../gcc/tree.c:11796 0x9649e0 walk_gimple_op(gimple*, tree_node* (*)(tree_node**, int*, void*), walk_stmt_info*) ../../gcc/gimple-walk.c:203 0x964f5c walk_gimple_stmt(gimple_stmt_iterator*, tree_node* (*)(gimple_stmt_iterator*, bool*, walk_stmt_info*), tree_node* (*)(tree_node**, int*, void*), walk_stmt_info*) ../../gcc/gimple-walk.c:586 0x965148 walk_gimple_seq_mod(gimple**, tree_node* (*)(gimple_stmt_iterator*, bool*, walk_stmt_info*), tree_node* (*)(tree_node**, int*, void*), walk_stmt_info*) ../../gcc/gimple-walk.c:51 0x965002 walk_gimple_stmt(gimple_stmt_iterator*, tree_node* (*)(gimple_stmt_iterator*, bool*, walk_stmt_info*), tree_node* (*)(tree_node**, int*, void*), walk_stmt_info*) ../../gcc/gimple-walk.c:596 0x965148 walk_gimple_seq_mod(gimple**, tree_node* (*)(gimple_stmt_iterator*, bool*, walk_stmt_info*), tree_node* (*)(tree_node**, int*, void*), walk_stmt_info*) ../../gcc/gimple-walk.c:51 0xc8ff41 walk_body ../../gcc/tree-nested.c:656 0xc8ff98 walk_function ../../gcc/tree-nested.c:667 0xc8ff98 walk_all_functions ../../gcc/tree-nested.c:732 0xc98c32 lower_nested_functions(tree_node*) ../../gcc/tree-nested.c:3345 0x7f1670 cgraph_node::analyze() ../../gcc/cgraphunit.c:661 0x7f4ce3 analyze_functions ../../gcc/cgraphunit.c:1116 0x7f5a3a symbol_table::finalize_compilation_unit() ../../gcc/cgraphunit.c:2597