Re: gcc bug ?

[Pietro Cerutti]

-de- wrote:

Dear experts !
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Consider the following code snippet :
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/*============== =============== ===*/
/* void.c */
void f(int i)
{
i++;
if (i!=10)
return f(i);
}
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int main(void)
{
f(0);
return 0;
}
/*============== =============== ===*/
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gcc warns me with the following message:
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$ gcc -g -W -Wall -pedantic -o x void.c
void.c: In function "f":
void.c:5: attention : "return" with a value, in function returning void
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"return with a value" ? what a nonsense !
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The function f returning no value (void), the instruction
return f();
isn't an error. It's equivalent to a return statement, apart from the
function call.
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This is a compiler's bug, isn't it ?

What version of GCC are you using?

Here, 4.2.1 doesn't warns about anything..

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Thanks.

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Pietro Cerutti