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          <th>Bug ID</th>
          <td><a class="bz_bug_link 
          bz_status_NEW "
   title="NEW --- - GCC extension rejected in C++ mode"
   href="http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=19556">19556</a>
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        <tr>
          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>GCC extension rejected in C++ mode
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Product</th>
          <td>clang
          </td>
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          <th>Version</th>
          <td>trunk
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>PC
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>OS</th>
          <td>All
          </td>
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>normal
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>P
          </td>
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        <tr>
          <th>Component</th>
          <td>C++
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>unassignedclangbugs@nondot.org
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        <tr>
          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>benny.kra@gmail.com
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>CC</th>
          <td>dgregor@apple.com, llvmbugs@cs.uiuc.edu
          </td>
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          <th>Classification</th>
          <td>Unclassified
          </td>
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        <pre>Here's some evil code from glibc's mathinline.h.

$ cat evil.cc
int foo(double __x) {
  return (__extension__
          (((((union { double __d; int __i[2]; }) {__d: __x}).__i[1]))));
}

$ clang evil.cc
evil.cc:3:17: error: '(anonymous union at evil.cc:3:17)' cannot be defined in a
type specifier
           (((((union { double __d; int __i[2]; }) {__d: __x}).__i[1]))));
                ^
evil.cc:3:53: warning: use of GNU old-style field designator extension
[-Wgnu-designator]
           (((((union { double __d; int __i[2]; }) {__d: __x}).__i[1]))));
                                                    ^~~~
                                                    .__d = 
evil.cc:3:63: error: member reference base type 'void' is not a structure or
union
           (((((union { double __d; int __i[2]; }) {__d: __x}).__i[1]))));
              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~
1 warning and 2 errors generated.

We accept this beast in C mode, but reject it as C++. GCC accepts it in C++
code too.</pre>
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