Strange compiler bug

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2 total messages Started by Mark Stevans Wed, 29 Jul 1987 18:07

#551

Author: Mark Stevans
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1987 18:07

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If you attempt to declare a function argument that is not present in the
argument list, like in the following program:

	main()
	{
		bar(3);
	}

	bar(contect)
	int context;
	{
	}

the C compilers will give an error message about "declared argument context"
not found.  However, the following program:

	int context;

	main()
	{
		bar(3);
	}

	bar(contect)
	int context;
	{
	}

passes both "cc" and "lint" on both System V and 4.2bsd without giving any
messages to inform you that you misspelled "context" as "contect".  The
compiler seems to think that there are two arguments: context and contect.
Lint will tell you that you are hiding your global, and that the two arguments
of bar, context and contect, are unused.

I believe this is a bug.  In fact, the above situation was actually
encountered by a colleague, so this is not a purely theoretical issue.

					Mark "Bugsy" Stevans
					cci632!mark

Re: Strange compiler bug

#552

Author: Guy Harris
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1987 01:22

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> I believe this is a bug.

Yes, this is a bug.  There is a fix to "pftn.c" that will, at least,
make the compiler complain that "declared argument context is
missing".  I think I posted the fix to comp.bugs.sys5 and/or
comp.bugs.4bsd a while ago; you might try digging through your
archives for that.  If it doesn't turn up, I'll repost it.
	Guy Harris
	{ihnp4, decvax, seismo, decwrl, ...}!sun!guy
	guy@sun.com

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