https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=71909
Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jakub at gcc dot gnu.org Summary|g++ accepts an unreachable |[4.9/5/6/7 Regression] g++ |function catch block that |accepts an unreachable |lacks a corresponding try |function catch block that | |lacks a corresponding try --- Comment #1 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> --- GCC 3.2 and 3.3 rejected this: b.C:6: error: syntax error before `catch' b.C:8: error: missing ';' before right brace b.C:9: error: syntax error before `}' token So must have been introduced during the C++ parser rewrite.