[LLVMbugs] [Bug 10371] New: Spurious -Wunused-[x] warning within erroneous function

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http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=10371

           Summary: Spurious -Wunused-[x] warning within erroneous
                    function
           Product: clang
           Version: trunk
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P
         Component: C++
        AssignedTo: unassignedclangbugs at nondot.org
        ReportedBy: matthieu.monrocq at gmail.com
                CC: llvmbugs at cs.uiuc.edu, dgregor at apple.com


When a function does not parse correctly, there is a risk that some
arguments/identifiers be reported as unused; probably if they only appear in
expressions whose evaluation has been short-circuited.

Using the following short program:

  struct A;

  void sink(A,int);

  void func(A const& a, int x, int y) {
    sink(a + x, y);
  }


Clang will correctly report an error, but it will accompany it by an incorrect
warning:

  $ clang -fsyntax-only -Wunused-parameter unused_parameter.cpp
  unused_parameter.cpp:15:11: error: invalid operands to binary expression  
('const A' and 'int')
   sink(a + x, y);
        ~ ^ ~
  unused_parameter.cpp:14:34: warning: unused parameter 'y'
[-Wunused-parameter]
  void func(A const& a, int x, int y) {
                                 ^
  1 warning and 1 error generated.


For reference:

  $ clang --version
  clang version 3.0 (trunk 132889)
  Target: i686-pc-mingw32
  Thread model: posix


The warning is probably emitted because of the incomplete parse of the
function, meaning that the point of use is "hidden" by the error.


>From Ted:

We should probably not emit a -Wunused-[x] warning in cases where a function
doesn't fully parse correctly.  Please file a bug.


Here it is :)

-- Matthieu

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