Issue 0017.36: Is a function returning const void defined?

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Authors: Derek M. Jones, WG14
Date: 1992-12-10
Reference document: X3J11/90-056
Submitted against: C90
Status: Closed
Converted from: dr.htm, dr_017.html

Qualifiers on function return type

Refer to subclause 6.6.6.4, page 80, line 24-25: “... whose return type is void.”

The behavior of a type qualifier on a function return is explicitly undefined, according to subclause 6.5.3, page 64, lines 24-25.

This creates a loophole.

An implementation that supports type qualifiers on function return types is not required to flag the constraint given on page 80.

Comment from WG14 on 1997-09-23:

Response

A Constraint on subclause 6.7.1 says “The return type of a function shall be void or an object type other than array.”