------- Comment #9 from igodard at pacbell dot net 2010-01-10 22:23 ------- Comeau gives this diagnostic: "ComeauTest.c", line 1: error: use of a type with no linkage to declare a variable with linkage enum {a, b, c} A = a; ^ This message give the true nature of the problem, whereas the gcc message: foo.cc:1: warning: non-local variable <anonymous enum> A uses anonymous type requires six posts from experts to explain.
Please recategorize this report as "diagnostic quality", confirm, and assign it. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41970