Re: Default argument weirdness

From:
Victor Bazarov <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:14:24 -0400
Message-ID:
<h49nnf$2hp$1@news.datemas.de>
Christian Kandeler wrote:

this declaration "compiles" (or rather, parses) fine, as I would expect:

<code>
#include <map>

void test(const std::map<int, int> &arg = std::map<int, int>());
</code>

However, the following does not:

<code>
#include <map>

class Test
{
    void test(const std::map<int, int> &arg = std::map<int, int>());
};
</code>

The (very strange) compiler output (gcc 4.3.2) is:
test.cpp:7: error: expected , or ... before > token
test.cpp:7: error: wrong number of template arguments (1, should be 4)
/usr/include/c++/4.3/bits/stl_map.h:91: error: provided for template<class
_Key, class _Tp, class _Compare, class _Alloc> class std::map
test.cpp:7: error: default argument missing for parameter 2 of void
Test::test(const std::map<int, int, std::less<int>,
std::allocator<std::pair<const int, int> > >&, int)

Apparently, it expects a second argument to the function??? Also, since when
do default arguments work differently for member and non-member functions?
I'm confused.


Another bug in GCC. Why do you sound surprised?

Compiles fine with Comeau online. I am too lazy to try VC++.

V
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