Re: Is this correct C++?
On 16 Okt., 02:15, Gerasimos Karvounis <Gerasimos.Karvou...@gmx.de>
wrote:
today I was searching for over an hour for the reason of a compiler
error after a change I made (finally I found it). That was really a
strange error! I do not know, if the "original" code was legal C++.
Here an example:
class A {
public:
A(), // Notice the comma instead of a semicolon!
A(int i);
private:
int mValue;
};
class __declspec(dllexport) B {
public:
B();
B(int i);
private:
int mValue;
};
A::A()
: mValue(0)
{
std::cout << "A's default constructor called!" << std::endl;}
A::A(int i)
: mValue(i)
{
std::cout << "A's int-constructor called!" << std::endl;
}
B::B()
: mValue(0)
{
std::cout << "B's default constructor called!" << std::endl;}
B::B(int i)
: mValue(i)
{
std::cout << "B's int-constructor called!" << std::endl;
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
A a1;
A a2(2);
B b1;
B b2(2);
return 0;
}
This compiles fine under VC++2005 although A's default constructor
declaration is terminated with a comma (is the comma operator allowed
here???).
This is no comma operator, it is a comma that is part of a sequence
of declarations. Except for a situation where name hiding occurs the
sequence
T D1, D2, ... Dn;
is equivalent to
T D1; T D2; ... T Dn;
see [dcl.decl].
But, if I change the declaration of B into:
class __declspec(dllexport) B {
public:
B(), // Notice the comma instead of a semicolon!
B(int i);
private:
int mValue;
};
Then my compiler reports error C2487: member of dll interface class may
not be declared with dll interface
So my questions are:
1. Is "terminating" comma in a class constructor declaration legal?
Yes, if it is part of a declaration sequence.
2. Is it a compiler bug?
It's hard to say, because __declspec is a non-standard
component. In which way it interferes with the declaration
sequence is out of the scope of the standard.
HTH & Greetings from Bremen,
Daniel Kr?gler
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