Re: declaration of a char in an if-statement fails to comile
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Hi everyone,
the problem is briefly described in the subjec, so I'll just give
the
sample code:
<code>
#include <string>
int main()
{
std::string fileName("filename.txt");
int ix = 8;
if(( char c = fileName[ix] ) == '.' )
{
c = '_';
fileName[ix] = c;
}
}
</code>
I tried to compile this with g++, MS Visual Studio Express 2005 and
comeau, neither succeeded.
Am I missing something here? A clear explanation will be greatly
appreciated.
You can have an explanation, but perhaps it isn't very clear. :-)
The syntax allows a declaration *directly* inside an if-statement, but
not in most other places. The syntax is
if ( condition ) statement
where condition has two variants:
expression
type-specifier-seq declarator = assignment-expression
So, as soon as you start the condition with a parenthesis, you have
choosen to write an expression. Expressions can't have declarations in
them!
Bo Persson
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