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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 18:52:51 -0400
From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: __attribute__((unused)), gcc get's confused...?
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Endlisnis wrote:
> >  b.cc(1) Error: parse error before `__attribute__'
> >  In function `int main(...)':
>
> I don't think you said it was a C++ program in your original message
> (if you did, I missed it and I apologize).  __attribute__ support in
> the C++ compiler has several bugs, up to and including the current
> pretest versions of GCC 2.95.  FWIW, your example compiles without any
> problems as a C program.

    I didn't actually say it.  The compiler messages did use the extention
".cc" for the file, but I guess I just forget that people still use C.  I
don't understand why people would use C when C++ is available (with the
possible exception of better compilers for C code).

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