erichkeane added a comment.

In https://reviews.llvm.org/D46915#1162095, @leonardchan wrote:

> In https://reviews.llvm.org/D46915#1162038, @erichkeane wrote:
>
> > See this bug here: https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38161
> >
> > This patch doesn't seem to properly consider integers, and ignores octals, 
> > which I suspect shouldn't be the case.
>
>
> I just requested an account on bugs.llvm.org and will respond here for now 
> until I can comment on the thread there.
>
> So the syntax for fixed point literals should be the same as that for 
> floating point constants according to clause 6.4.4.2a in the embedded C spec 
> (http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1169.pdf). Integers and 
> octal literals should not be supported since floating point literals can only 
> be declared in decimal or hexadecimal notation.


Then it seems you've missed that part... These literals are allowing integers 
without issue at the moment.

> I can see how the error messages don't seem clear and portray this, and 
> should eventually change it so if the user does provide an integer/octal 
> literal an error along the lines of `"fixed point literals cannot be declared 
> as integers"` should be thrown instead.

Seems like that could work.

> The assertion is also something that I will address since this should not be 
> thrown.
> 
> To sidetrack a bit also, we are limiting fixed point types to just C for now 
> (https://reviews.llvm.org/D46084) so using `auto` to complete the type is not 
> supported. This is until we come up with an itanium mangling for fixed point 
> types (https://github.com/itanium-cxx-abi/cxx-abi/issues/56).

At the moment you are NOT limiting to C.  You'll have to add quite a view 
checks at the moment in order to make that limitation.  That said `auto' was 
for convienience, it had nothign to do with the bug itself.


Repository:
  rC Clang

https://reviews.llvm.org/D46915



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