Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 13:24:21 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "A.Appleyard" <A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk>
Cc: DJGPP AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: v2 unwanted warnings
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On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, A.Appleyard wrote:

> #define nu __attribute__ ((unused))
> class point{public: double x,y;};
> int miaow(point w nu,double z nu){}
> and every time I got this error:-
> 
> t$$$.cc:3: parse error before `__attribute__'

When using a feature, it helps to first read the docs about how it should 
be used.  You should say like so:

	int miaow (point nu w, double nu z) {}

The attribute should go *before* the name, not after it.  Think of the 
attribute as if it were a modifier, like `volatile'.

Note that I didn't have time to test the above, as I never used this
attribute, so I might be wrong after all.  But it works for me in similar
contexts and with different attributes.