warning: 'struct XXX' declared inside parameter list

题目中的警告是gcc产生的: 当函数参数中有stuct XXX类型, 且该类型的定义出现在参数声明的后面.

下面的例子模拟这个警告:

/home/me/mjntest>cat t1.c
int f(struct S);

struct S {
  int name;
};

int main() {
    return 0;
}

/home/me/mjntest>gcc t1.c
t1.c:1: warning: 'struct S' declared inside parameter list
t1.c:1: warning: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want

把函数f的声明放到struct S的定义后面, 则不会再产生警告:

/home/me/mjntest>cat t1.c
struct S {
  int name;
};

int f(struct S);

int main() {
    return 0;
}

/home/me/mjntest>gcc t1.c
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References:

stackoverflow.com: warning: ‘struct user_data_s’ declared inside parameter list