Jason, in parser.c /* The old parser allows attributes to appear after a parenthesized initializer. Mark Mitchell proposed removing this functionality on the GCC mailing lists on 2002-08-13. This parser accepts the attributes -- but ignores them. */ if (cp_parser_allow_gnu_extensions_p (parser) && initialization_kind == CPP_OPEN_PAREN) if (cp_parser_attributes_opt (parser)) warning (OPT_Wattributes, "attributes after parenthesized initializer ignored");
Noisy deprecation warning time? nathan -- Nathan Sidwell