Michael Stefaniuc wrote:
> echo 'int dollar$ = 1;' > /tmp/dollar.c
> gcc -c -Wall -Wextra -o /tmp/dollar.o /tmp/dollar.c
> echo $?
> 0
> No comment ...
>
> I didn't find '$' as valid identifier character in "The C Programming
> Language (ANSI C)" nor does http://c0x.coding-guidelines.com/5.2.1.html
> allow it as valid char in the "source character set".
>
> I found it because sparse tripped over that in the Wine source code.
> Yes, i already sent a patch to fix that in Wine.
>
> Not sure if sparse should change its behavior here;
> cgcc -c -Wall -Wextra -o /tmp/dollar.o /tmp/dollar.c
> /tmp/dollar.c:1:11: error: Expected ; at end of declaration
> /tmp/dollar.c:1:11: error: got $
> is a adequate response.
On a second thought something like:
/tmp/dollar.c:1:11: error: Invalid character '%c' in identifier
would be a better answer and make it more obvious what the problem is.
bye
michael
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