From: Richard Smith
-lvalue.c:2:3: error: assignment to cast is illegal, lvalue casts are not - supported +lvalue.c:2:3: error: assignment to cast is illegal, lvalue casts are not supported (int*)addr = val; - ^~~~~~~~~~ ~ + ^~~~~~~~~~ ~
To fix this problem, move the cast to the right-hand side. In this @@ -232,12 +231,12 @@ the stack is fresh, i.e. still zeroed.) Therefore, Clang rejects this code with a hard error:
-t.c:3:5: error: goto into protected scope +t.c:3:5: error: goto into protected scope goto error; - ^ -t.c:5:15: note: jump bypasses setup of __block variable + ^ +t.c:5:15: note: jump bypasses setup of __block variable __block int result; - ^ + ^
The fix is to rewrite the code to not require jumping into a @@ -308,10 +307,9 @@ rejects the instruction with this error message:
-<inline asm>:3:1: error: ambiguous instructions require an explicit suffix (could be 'addb', 'addw', 'addl', or 'addq') +<inline asm>:3:1: error: ambiguous instructions require an explicit suffix (could be 'addb', 'addw', 'addl', or 'addq') add $4, (%rax) -^ -1 error generated. +^
To fix this compatibility issue, add an explicit suffix to the instruction:
@@ -331,9 +329,9 @@ can, among other things, be cast to a different type. Clang treats
type-cast of super
:
-super.m:11:12: error: cannot cast 'super' (it isn't an expression) +super.m:11:12: error: cannot cast 'super' (it isn't an expression) [(Super*)super add:4]; - ~~~~~~~~^ + ~~~~~~~~^
To fix this problem, remove the type cast, e.g.
@@ -352,10 +350,9 @@ Objective-C class may change over time as instance variables are added ABI:-sizeof.m:4:14: error: invalid application of 'sizeof' to interface 'NSArray' in - non-fragile ABI +sizeof.m:4:14: error: invalid application of 'sizeof' to interface 'NSArray' in non-fragile ABI int size = sizeof(NSArray); - ^ ~~~~~~~~~ + ^ ~~~~~~~~~
Code that relies on the size of an Objective-C class is likely to @@ -377,12 +374,12 @@ this problem, use the Objective-C runtime API function internal Objective-C structures as implementation detail and won't do implicit conversions:
-t.mm:11:2: error: no matching function for call to 'f' +t.mm:11:2: error: no matching function for call to 'f' f((struct objc_object *)p); - ^ -t.mm:5:6: note: candidate function not viable: no known conversion from 'struct objc_object *' to 'id' for 1st argument + ^ +t.mm:5:6: note: candidate function not viable: no known conversion from 'struct objc_object *' to 'id' for 1st argument void f(id x); - ^ + ^
Code should use types id, SEL, and Class @@ -465,15 +462,16 @@ int main() {
Clang complains: -
my_file.cpp:2:10: error: call to function 'Multiply' that is neither visible in the template definition nor found by argument-dependent lookup - return Multiply(x, x); - ^ - my_file.cpp:10:3: note: in instantiation of function template specialization 'Squared<int>' requested here - Squared(5); - ^ - my_file.cpp:5:5: note: 'Multiply' should be declared prior to the call site - int Multiply(int x, int y) { - ^ ++my_file.cpp:2:10: error: call to function 'Multiply' that is neither visible in the template definition nor found by argument-dependent lookup + return Multiply(x, x); + ^ +my_file.cpp:10:3: note: in instantiation of function template specialization 'Squared<int>' requested here + Squared(5); + ^ +my_file.cpp:5:5: note: 'Multiply' should be declared prior to the call site +int Multiply(int x, int y) { + ^The C++ standard says that unqualified names like
Multiply@@ -526,15 +524,16 @@ void Use() {Again, Clang complains:
-my_file2.cpp:5:13: error: call to function 'operator<<' that is neither visible in the template definition nor found by argument-dependent lookup - std::cout << value << "\n"; - ^ - my_file2.cpp:17:3: note: in instantiation of function template specialization 'Dump<ns::Data>' requested here - Dump(ns::Data()); - ^ - my_file2.cpp:12:15: note: 'operator<<' should be declared prior to the call site or in namespace 'ns' - std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, ns::Data data) { - ^ ++my_file2.cpp:5:13: error: call to function 'operator<<' that is neither visible in the template definition nor found by argument-dependent lookup + std::cout << value << "\n"; + ^ +my_file2.cpp:17:3: note: in instantiation of function template specialization 'Dump<ns::Data>' requested here + Dump(ns::Data()); + ^ +my_file2.cpp:12:15: note: 'operator<<' should be declared prior to the call site or in namespace 'ns' +std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, ns::Data data) { + ^Just like before, unqualified lookup didn't find any declarations @@ -587,18 +586,18 @@ Clang correctly rejects it with the following errors (when Derived is eventually instantiated):
-my_file.cpp:8:5: error: use of undeclared identifier 'DoThis' +my_file.cpp:8:5: error: use of undeclared identifier 'DoThis' DoThis(x); - ^ + ^ this-> -my_file.cpp:2:8: note: must qualify identifier to find this declaration in dependent base class +my_file.cpp:2:8: note: must qualify identifier to find this declaration in dependent base class void DoThis(T x) {} - ^ -my_file.cpp:9:5: error: use of undeclared identifier 'DoThat' + ^ +my_file.cpp:9:5: error: use of undeclared identifier 'DoThat' DoThat(x); - ^ + ^ this-> -my_file.cpp:3:15: note: must qualify identifier to find this declaration in dependent base class +my_file.cpp:3:15: note: must qualify identifier to find this declaration in dependent base class static void DoThat(T x) {}@@ -820,13 +819,13 @@ void g(Base *p) {Clang produces the following error:
-downcast.mm:6:3: error: no matching function for call to 'f' +downcast.mm:6:3: error: no matching function for call to 'f' f(p); - ^ -downcast.mm:4:6: note: candidate function not viable: cannot convert from + ^ +downcast.mm:4:6: note: candidate function not viable: cannot convert from superclass 'Base *' to subclass 'Derived *' for 1st argument void f(Derived *p); - ^ + ^If the downcast is actually correct (e.g., because the code has