Re: g++ and -Weffc++ : why this warning for operator++() in nested template class?

From:
wimalopaan <wilhelm.meier@fh-kl.de>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:47:19 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
<dd4f9067-2595-47fa-ac31-53d91ac07b46@s7g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>
On 17 Aug., 09:57, bartek szurgot <no...@m.plz> wrote:

On 08/17/2011 09:40 AM, wimalopaan wrote:

Hi,

in the following example

template<typename T>
class A {
public:
    class B {
    public:
        B& operator++();
    };
};

template<typename T>
typename A<T>::B& A<T>::B::operator++() {
    return *this;
}

I get a warning

In file included from cvl0001.cc:1:
a.h:14: warning: prefix =91typename A<T>::B& A<T>::B::operator++()'
should return =91A<T>::B&'

Well, if define the op++() inside the nested template class B, all is
fine ...

What's wrong here?


got the same with g++ versions 4.3 and 4.4. versions 4.5 and 4.6 do not
complain so it looks like old-g++ problem.

--
pozdrawiam serdecznie / best regards,
Bartek 'BaSz' Szurgot

http://www.baszerr.org


Thanks for the hint: g++ 4.7 (svn) is ok too!
--
wilhelm

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