Re: c/10826: [3.3/3.4 regression] Anonymous union regression

Bart Oldeman <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gcc.bugs,gmane.comp.gcc.prs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 21 May 2003 [email protected] wrote:

> Synopsis: [3.3/3.4 regression] Anonymous union regression
> 
> State-Changed-From-To: analyzed->closed
> State-Changed-By: bangerth
> State-Changed-When: Wed May 21 13:56:20 2003
> State-Changed-Why:
>     Not a bug, but previously accepted erroneously. I now also
>     see what rth meant: if you write "union type {...}" you
>     really _declare_ a nested type. That explains why the
>     compiler says that there is no such member. Only if you
>     omit the type name, is this the declaration of an anonymous
>     union, which not only declares a type, but also a "member
>     variable" (in C++ speak).
>     
>     W.
> 
> http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gcc&pr=10826

Ok, in that case -fms-extension does the job. Are "after the
fact" changes to gcc/NEWS accepted?

Bart
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