[LLVMbugs] [Bug 8829] New: bad interaction bt attribute noreturn and throw specification

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http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=8829

           Summary: bad interaction bt attribute noreturn and throw
                    specification
           Product: clang
           Version: 2.8
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P
         Component: C++
        AssignedTo: unassignedclangbugs at nondot.org
        ReportedBy: akim.demaille at gmail.com
                CC: llvmbugs at cs.uiuc.edu, dgregor at apple.com


Created an attachment (id=5910)
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When compiling (-Wall) the following file, there's a weird warning:

$ clang -Wall foo.cc -o foo -c
foo.cc:6:1: warning: 'fail' is missing exception specification 'throw(int)'
fail()
^
       throw(int)
foo.cc:2:13: note: previous declaration is here
static void fail() throw (int);
            ^
foo.cc:6:1: warning: unused function 'fail' [-Wunused-function]
fail()
^
2 warnings generated.

clang is happier if I repeat the noreturn spec on the definition of the
function.  GCC does not require that.  So I would say there are two issues:
- the warning is very misleading (read "wrong" :)
- maybe it should not even exist, as GCC does not require it.

Thanks for all the good work!

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