missing parenthesis for function-like macro invocation could have better diagnostic

[zmodem]

Consider:

$ cat /tmp/a.c
#define FOO() 42
int x = FOO;

The compiler will error because we forgot to use parens for FOO:

$ clang -c /tmp/a.c
/tmp/a.c:2:9: error: use of undeclared identifier 'FOO'
    2 | int x = FOO;
      |         ^
1 error generated.

It would be nice if the compiler diagnostic included a note pointing out that FOO does exist, but as a function-like macro it requires parenthesis.

[llvmbot]

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[llvmbot]

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Author: Hans Wennborg (zmodem)

Consider:

$ cat /tmp/a.c
#define FOO() 42
int x = FOO;

The compiler will error because we forgot to use parens for FOO:

$ clang -c /tmp/a.c
/tmp/a.c:2:9: error: use of undeclared identifier 'FOO'
    2 | int x = FOO;
      |         ^
1 error generated.

It would be nice if the compiler diagnostic included a note pointing out that FOO does exist, but as a function-like macro it requires parenthesis.

[StarOne01]

Hey @zmodem , I'm interested to work on this, could you assign me this?

[StarOne01]

Hey @zmodem , i have made a PR, could you review it or ping some ?