https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=97498
Bug ID: 97498 Summary: #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-function" inconsistent Product: gcc Version: 9.3.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: preprocessor Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: matthewp515 at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- Ubuntu Linux 20.04 #define STR(x) #x #define WIGNORE(x, instrs) \ _Pragma("GCC diagnostic push") \ _Pragma(STR(GCC diagnostic ignored #x)) \ instrs \ _Pragma("GCC diagnostic pop") // REPLACE int main(void) {return 1;} When REPLACE is replaced with: WIGNORE(-Wunused-function, static int f(int a) {return a + 1;} ) The command: gcc main.c -Wall -Werror -Wextra fails (-Werror=unused-function). However, breaking up the command into separate preprocessing and compilation stages: gcc -E main.c -Wall -Werror -Wextra | gcc -x c - passes. When the macro is unwound by REPLACE being replaced with: _Pragma("GCC diagnostic push"); _Pragma("GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wunused-function\""); static int f(int p) {return p + 1;} _Pragma("GCC diagnostic pop"); The first command then passes. By adding a single backslash (\) right after the implementation of f, as is required to keep the WIGNORE macro all as one, the command fails. But how else can the macro be constructed?