[PR42538] ICE on illegal-code: tree check: expected function_decl, have var_decl in start_function

[vlad59134]

Binary package hint: gcc-4.4

hello

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 53cc181c3490659de29f0047ca19d944
CheckboxSystem: c541d13ea4f205f2fd751f76ed21105b
Date: Sat Nov 7 17:12:16 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.4.1/cc1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: cpp-4.4 4.4.1-4ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: gcc-4.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

error in your program (but gcc shouldn't crash):

$ gcc main.i
/home/vladimir/Documents/Sondage/main.c:12: error: declaration of 'Saisie' as array of voids
/home/vladimir/Documents/Sondage/main.c:12: error: return type is an incomplete type
/home/vladimir/Documents/Sondage/main.c: In function 'Saisie':
/home/vladimir/Documents/Sondage/main.c:12: error: expected declaration specifiers before ')' token
/home/vladimir/Documents/Sondage/main.c:31: error: expected declaration specifiers before 'main'

[Debian GCC maintainers (debian-gcc)]

seen on 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 (not checked earlier versions):

$ gzip -9v ~/main.i
$ gcc-4.4 main.i
/home/vladimir/Documents/Sondage/main.c:12: error: declaration of 'Saisie' as array of voids
/home/vladimir/Documents/Sondage/main.c:12: error: return type is an incomplete type
/home/vladimir/Documents/Sondage/main.c: In function 'Saisie':
/home/vladimir/Documents/Sondage/main.c:12: error: expected declaration specifiers before ')' token
/home/vladimir/Documents/Sondage/main.c:31: error: expected declaration specifiers before 'main'
/home/vladimir/Documents/Sondage/main.c:34: confused by earlier errors, bailing out
Preprocessed source stored into /tmp/ccOvpYVY.out file, please attach this to your bugreport.

$ /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/bin/gcc main.i
/home/vladimir/Documents/Sondage/main.c:12:6: error: declaration of 'Saisie' as array of voids
/home/vladimir/Documents/Sondage/main.c:12:1: internal compiler error: tree check: expected function_decl, have var_decl in start_function, at c-decl.c:7369
Please submit a full bug report,
with preprocessed source if appropriate.

[Debian GCC maintainers (debian-gcc)]

Created attachment 19414
preprocessed source

[Hjl-tools (hjl-tools)]

A simple testcase:

[hjl@gnu-26 rrs]$ cat pr42538.i
void Saisie()[3]{
}
[hjl@gnu-26 rrs]$ ./143523/usr/bin/gcc -S pr42538.i
pr42538.i:1: error: declaration of ‘Saisie’ as array of voids
pr42538.i:1: internal compiler error: tree check: expected function_decl, have var_decl in start_function, at c-decl.c:6113
Please submit a full bug report,
with preprocessed source if appropriate.
See <http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions.
[hjl@gnu-26 rrs]$

[Pinskia (pinskia)]

This is a dup of bug 27719.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 27719 ***