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gccgo: does not error on unused var #12317
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That program is not incorrect. From the spec:
So gccgo is free to allow the unused var. I'm not sure whether gccgo disallows other unused vars, though (don't have a gccgo installation available right now). |
This is a gccgo bug; it doesn't check if variables initialized by a function literal are ever used. I don't think this is on purpose, despite the disclaimer in the specification. |
CL https://golang.org/cl/13908 mentions this issue. |
Fixes golang/go#12317. Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/13908 git-svn-id: svn+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk@227285 138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4
gccgo successfully compiles the following incorrect program:
Both gc and gotype say:
gofrontend is on commit 81810917af7ba19e1f9f8efc8b1989f7d6419d30
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