GCC主要数据结构之attribute_spec

/* Structure describing an attribute and a function to handle it.  */
struct attribute_spec {
  /* The name of the attribute (without any leading or trailing __),
     or NULL to mark the end of a table of attributes.  */
  const char *name;
  /* The minimum length of the list of arguments of the attribute.  */
  int min_length;
  /* The maximum length of the list of arguments of the attribute
     (-1 for no maximum).  */
  int max_length;
  /* Whether this attribute requires a DECL.  If it does, it will be passed
     from types of DECLs, function return types and array element types to
     the DECLs, function types and array types respectively; but when
     applied to a type in any other circumstances, it will be ignored with
     a warning.  (If greater control is desired for a given attribute,
     this should be false, and the flags argument to the handler may be
     used to gain greater control in that case.)  */
  bool decl_required;
  /* Whether this attribute requires a type.  If it does, it will be passed
     from a DECL to the type of that DECL.  */
  bool type_required;
  /* Whether this attribute requires a function (or method) type.  If it does,
     it will be passed from a function pointer type to the target type,
     and from a function return type (which is not itself a function
     pointer type) to the function type.  */
  bool function_type_required;
  /* Function to handle this attribute.  NODE points to the node to which
     the attribute is to be applied.  If a DECL, it should be modified in
     place; if a TYPE, a copy should be created.  NAME is the name of the
     attribute (possibly with leading or trailing __).  ARGS is the TREE_LIST
     of the arguments (which may be NULL).  FLAGS gives further information
     about the context of the attribute.  Afterwards, the attributes will
     be added to the DECL_ATTRIBUTES or TYPE_ATTRIBUTES, as appropriate,
     unless *NO_ADD_ATTRS is set to true (which should be done on error,
     as well as in any other cases when the attributes should not be added
     to the DECL or TYPE).  Depending on FLAGS, any attributes to be
     applied to another type or DECL later may be returned;
     otherwise the return value should be NULL_TREE.  This pointer may be
     NULL if no special handling is required beyond the checks implied
     by the rest of this structure.  */
  tree (*handler) (tree *node, tree name, tree args,
     int flags, bool *no_add_attrs);
  /* Specifies if attribute affects type's identity.  */
  bool affects_type_identity;
};