Core DR 393 in C++17 removed the restriction on parameters with pointer to array of unknown bound type; accordingly, I've reduced the diagnostic for earlier standards to a pedwarn.
Tested x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, applying to trunk.
commit a89d6192b65fc0eef3d95592c212a389928b6cba Author: Jason Merrill <ja...@redhat.com> Date: Tue Jul 11 12:08:10 2017 -0400 Core DR 393 - parameter pointer to array of unknown bound * decl.c (grokparms): Downgrade error about array of unknown bound to pedwarn and disable it for C++17. diff --git a/gcc/cp/decl.c b/gcc/cp/decl.c index 43a94d9..b9b8794 100644 --- a/gcc/cp/decl.c +++ b/gcc/cp/decl.c @@ -12591,9 +12591,11 @@ grokparms (tree parmlist, tree *parms) } else if (abstract_virtuals_error (decl, type)) any_error = 1; /* Seems like a good idea. */ - else if (POINTER_TYPE_P (type)) + else if (cxx_dialect < cxx1z + && POINTER_TYPE_P (type)) { - /* [dcl.fct]/6, parameter types cannot contain pointers + /* Before C++17 DR 393: + [dcl.fct]/6, parameter types cannot contain pointers (references) to arrays of unknown bound. */ tree t = TREE_TYPE (type); int ptr = TYPE_PTR_P (type); @@ -12609,7 +12611,8 @@ grokparms (tree parmlist, tree *parms) t = TREE_TYPE (t); } if (TREE_CODE (t) == ARRAY_TYPE) - error (ptr + pedwarn (DECL_SOURCE_LOCATION (decl), OPT_Wpedantic, + ptr ? G_("parameter %qD includes pointer to array of " "unknown bound %qT") : G_("parameter %qD includes reference to array of " diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/cpp1z/dr393.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/cpp1z/dr393.C new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4a7645a --- /dev/null +++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/cpp1z/dr393.C @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +// DR 393 +// { dg-options -Wpedantic } + +void f(int (&)[]); // { dg-warning "unknown bound" "" { target c++14_down } }