Re: [Tinycc-devel] Missing compiler error for ambiguous anon structs

[Pitr Kaye]

Hello Michael,

> Yes.  Even the more obviously broken struct definition
>   struct S { int x, x; };
> is compiled without error.

I'm baffled. Good to know.


> Sure, but it also would mean slower parsing (with current data structures 
> adding a check that is quadratic in the number of struct members). It's 
> generally the case that TCC doesn't deal well with non-conforming source code, 
> that's a side effect of it being tiny and quick :) I'm not sure if we want to 
> change this.

Thanks for your explanation. Works for me as long as I know what's going on.
I had assumed, to get it almost for free, when computing offsets for 
structure members.
In doubt, I'd prefer never to compromise on compilation speed. That's
were tcc shines and what makes it outstanding.That`s were the fun is.
Keep it tiny and quick, please.

Perhaps you could add a your explanation to the documentation.

BTW: contrary to the documentation -fms-extensions is switched on by 
default ( libtcc.c:    s->ms_extensions = 1; )
and can be switched off with -fno-ms-extensions

Maybe you can change the default state or update the documentation 
accordingly.


Bye, Pitr.