Re: Local class in inline function

From:
"Doug Harrison [MVP]" <dsh@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:33:02 -0600
Message-ID:
<78thq2lqcnid7hs57v8hnrkp872mrvqnbm@4ax.com>
On 10 Jan 2007 08:26:57 -0800, tomthemighty@googlemail.com wrote:

I'm having the same problem as this guy:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.vc.language/browse_frm/thread/9127ce81aadab995/874b0f109515e531?tvc=1&q=%22inline+function%22+%22local+class%22+linker&hl=en#874b0f109515e531

In that posting they came to the conclusion it was a compiler/linker
bug, and it looks like Microsoft agreed and said it was a known
problem. Thing is that was 3 years ago on VC7. I'm using VS2005. Does
anybody know what happened with this issue in the end?


As you must know, it isn't fixed in VS2005.

I can't see anything in the 2003 standard to indicate that local
classes inside inline functions are not permitted. Am I missing
something?


No. For current status, see:

http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=100558

So, it has been reported, and reportedly, it may be fixed in the next
version of the compiler.

--
Doug Harrison
Visual C++ MVP

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