https://gcc.gnu.org/g:30ba62d91ff96b0f86cc1a8544dd1ed30196ca40
commit r15-2671-g30ba62d91ff96b0f86cc1a8544dd1ed30196ca40
Author: Steve Baird <ba...@adacore.com>
Date: Tue Jul 9 16:54:59 2024 -0700
ada: Compiler accepts illegal assignment to reference type target.
An assignment statement whose LHS is of a reference type is never legal. If
no other legality rule is violated, then it is ambiguous. In some cases this
ambiguity was not correctly detected.
gcc/ada/
* sem_ch5.adb (Analyze_Assignment): Delete code that was
incorrectly implementing a preference rule.
Diff:
---
gcc/ada/sem_ch5.adb | 8 --------
1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gcc/ada/sem_ch5.adb b/gcc/ada/sem_ch5.adb
index 4db3a1a26ee3..d44a12d1dd14 100644
--- a/gcc/ada/sem_ch5.adb
+++ b/gcc/ada/sem_ch5.adb
@@ -437,14 +437,6 @@ package body Sem_Ch5 is
then
null;
- -- This may be a call to a parameterless function through an
- -- implicit dereference, so discard interpretation as well.
-
- elsif Is_Entity_Name (Lhs)
- and then Has_Implicit_Dereference (It.Typ)
- then
- null;
-
elsif Has_Compatible_Type (Rhs, It.Typ) then
if T1 = Any_Type then
T1 := It.Typ;
