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From: kipp@warp.sgi.com (Kipp Hickman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: C++ 2.0 deficiency
Message-ID: <869@odin.SGI.COM>
Date: 9 Oct 89 18:36:13 GMT
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Reply-To: kipp@warp.sgi.com (Kipp Hickman)
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Entry Systems Division
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The following program gives an error that could be avoided.  This problem
occurs with multiple include files defining the same procedure, which sometimes
is unavoidable...


$ cat foo.c++
extern "C" {
        int foo(int, int, int = 0666);
        int foo(int, int, int = 0666);
}
$ CC2 -c foo.c++
"foo.c++", line 3: error: two initializers for foo() argument ?

The compiler might avoid this message by noticing that the values are
identical (guess)...

						kipp hickman
						silicon graphics inc.