Hi! As mentioned in the PR, cp_parser_parse_definitely may fail even when alignas_expr actually is meaningful, e.g. when the error is due to the missing closing paren.
Bootstrapped/regtested on x86_64-linux and i686-linux, ok for trunk? 2017-01-10 Jakub Jelinek <ja...@redhat.com> PR c++/78341 * parser.c (cp_parser_std_attribute_spec): Remove over-eager assertion. Formatting fix. * g++.dg/cpp0x/pr78341.C: New test. --- gcc/cp/parser.c.jj 2017-01-10 08:12:46.000000000 +0100 +++ gcc/cp/parser.c 2017-01-10 11:09:04.217456830 +0100 @@ -24931,11 +24931,7 @@ cp_parser_std_attribute_spec (cp_parser if (!cp_parser_parse_definitely (parser)) { - gcc_assert (alignas_expr == error_mark_node - || alignas_expr == NULL_TREE); - - alignas_expr = - cp_parser_assignment_expression (parser); + alignas_expr = cp_parser_assignment_expression (parser); if (alignas_expr == error_mark_node) cp_parser_skip_to_end_of_statement (parser); if (alignas_expr == NULL_TREE --- gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/cpp0x/pr78341.C.jj 2017-01-10 11:11:10.368843803 +0100 +++ gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/cpp0x/pr78341.C 2017-01-10 11:10:52.000000000 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +// PR c++/78341 +// { dg-do compile { target c++11 } } + +alignas (alignas double // { dg-error "" } Jakub