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          <th>Bug ID</th>
          <td><a class="bz_bug_link 
          bz_status_NEW "
   title="NEW - GCC Compat attribute 'mode' doesn't work on type-aliases"
   href="https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50391">50391</a>
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          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>GCC Compat attribute 'mode' doesn't work on type-aliases
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          <th>Product</th>
          <td>clang
          </td>
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        <tr>
          <th>Version</th>
          <td>trunk
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>PC
          </td>
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          <th>OS</th>
          <td>Linux
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
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          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>normal
          </td>
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          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>P
          </td>
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          <th>Component</th>
          <td>C++11
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          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>unassignedclangbugs@nondot.org
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          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>erich.keane@intel.com
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          <th>CC</th>
          <td>blitzrakete@gmail.com, dgregor@apple.com, erik.pilkington@gmail.com, llvm-bugs@lists.llvm.org, richard-llvm@metafoo.co.uk
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        <pre>Low priority since 'mode' is horrible and not particularly well used.

See: <a href="https://godbolt.org/z/jGEesvWeT">https://godbolt.org/z/jGEesvWeT</a>

typedef int __attribute__((mode(QI)))  Type;
using AliasTy = int __attribute__((mode(QI)));

template<typename T>
void foo(){}

int main() {
    foo<Type>();
    foo<AliasTy>();
    foo<int>();
}


Presumably the attribute should work the same in the typedef as the type alias,
but it doesnt.  

The assembly is:
        call    void foo<signed char>()
        call    void foo<int>()
        call    void foo<int>()
instead of the 2nd also being a signed-char.


It is just silently ignored in a type-alias entirely, even for SEMA:
<a href="https://godbolt.org/z/YP9q3o1qv">https://godbolt.org/z/YP9q3o1qv</a>

Note how we get an error for the 1st line, but not the 2nd.



typedef int __attribute__((mode(DF)))  Type;
using AliasTy = int __attribute__((mode(DF)));

template<typename T>
void foo(){}

int main() {
    foo<Type>();
    foo<AliasTy>();
    foo<int>();
}

<source>:3:28: error: type of machine mode does not match type of base type
typedef int __attribute__((mode(DF)))  Type;


We even don't bother to check the contents at all!
<a href="https://godbolt.org/z/Mrfxqzaba">https://godbolt.org/z/Mrfxqzaba</a></pre>
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