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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
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Expand Up @@ -650,6 +650,9 @@ Improvements to Clang's diagnostics
#GH69470, #GH59391, #GH58172, #GH46215, #GH45915, #GH45891, #GH44490,
#GH36703, #GH32903, #GH23312, #GH69874.

- A warning is now emitted when ``main`` is attached to a named module,
which can be turned off with ``-Wno-main-attached-to-named-module``. (#GH146247)

- Clang now avoids issuing `-Wreturn-type` warnings in some cases where
the final statement of a non-void function is a `throw` expression, or
a call to a function that is trivially known to always throw (i.e., its
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td
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Expand Up @@ -1062,6 +1062,10 @@ def err_constexpr_main : Error<
"'main' is not allowed to be declared %select{constexpr|consteval}0">;
def err_deleted_main : Error<"'main' is not allowed to be deleted">;
def err_mainlike_template_decl : Error<"%0 cannot be a template">;
def warn_main_in_named_module
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Let's add a warning option for it.

: ExtWarn<"'main' should not be attached to a named module; consider "
"adding C++ language linkage">,
InGroup<DiagGroup<"main-attached-to-named-module">>;
def err_main_returns_nonint : Error<"'main' must return 'int'">;
def ext_main_returns_nonint : ExtWarn<"return type of 'main' is not 'int'">,
InGroup<MainReturnType>;
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -12489,6 +12489,14 @@ void Sema::CheckMain(FunctionDecl *FD, const DeclSpec &DS) {
: FixItHint());
FD->setInvalidDecl(true);
}

// In C++ [basic.start.main]p3, it is said a program attaching main to a
// named module is ill-formed.
if (FD->isInNamedModule()) {
const SourceLocation start = FD->getTypeSpecStartLoc();
Diag(start, diag::warn_main_in_named_module)
<< FixItHint::CreateInsertion(start, "extern \"C++\" ", true);
}
}

// Treat protoless main() as nullary.
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions clang/test/SemaCXX/modules.cppm
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Expand Up @@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ int n;
//--- test3.cpp
export module bar;

int main() {} // expected-warning {{'main' should not be attached to a named module; consider adding C++ language linkage}}

static int m;

int n;
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