[clang] [Clang][C2y] Add support for if declarations (N3356 paper) (PR #198244)

Aaron Ballman via cfe-commits cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org
Wed Jul 8 08:12:27 PDT 2026


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@@ -1880,16 +1880,70 @@ Sema::ConditionResult Parser::ParseCXXCondition(StmtResult *InitStmt,
     return Sema::ConditionError();
   }
 
+  if (!getLangOpts().CPlusPlus && Tok.is(tok::kw___extension__)) {
+    // In C, the first clause of a condition may be a declaration used as an
+    // init-statement (C2y), and that declaration may be prefixed by one or more
+    // __extension__ markers. Consume them up front -- mirroring block-statement
+    // parsing -- so the disambiguation below sees the real start of the
+    // declaration. The markers also silence extension diagnostics for the rest
+    // of the condition, including the diagnostic for the init-statement
+    // extension itself.
+    std::optional<ExtensionRAIIObject> ExtensionGuard;
+    ExtensionGuard.emplace(Diags);
+    while (TryConsumeToken(tok::kw___extension__))
+      ;
+  }
+
   ParsedAttributes attrs(AttrFactory);
-  MaybeParseCXX11Attributes(attrs);
+  bool ParsedAttrs = MaybeParseCXX11Attributes(attrs);
+  if (!getLangOpts().CPlusPlus)
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AaronBallman wrote:

I think there's a GCC bug in the C implementation for `[[]]` because `[[]];` is a declaration (an attribute-declaration, specifically). And that makes me wonder if rejecting `__attribute__` in that same position is also a bug: https://godbolt.org/z/G1Ks5f5Yr

Another oddity that makes me think this could be a bug is that it is accepted in C++ mode, while `[[]];` is not: https://godbolt.org/z/nrx8nYxxd

But then again, GCC is consistent about expecting an actual declaration as opposed to "it was easier for the standards committee to specify the grammar if this is a declaration" things: https://godbolt.org/z/E1a1xjrc1 so perhaps this is intentional?

CC @pinskia

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/198244


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