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From: randolph@ektools.UUCP (Gary L. Randolph)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Scoping bug???
Message-ID: <2582@ektools.UUCP>
Date: 11 Apr 90 14:16:17 GMT
Sender: randolph@ektools (Gary L. Randolph)
Organization: Eastman Kodak, Dept. 47, Rochester N.Y.
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This was posted twice previously but I have reason to believe it was
only sent locally (didn't get outside Rochester). 
 
There appears to be a scoping problem with locally defined classes
that contain a member function.  The following example compiles without
a hitch on my Sun.  I am using Sun's 2.0 cfront.

By commenting out the member function (and the call) the compiler
correctly generates an error, but as is, the compiler does not
recognize a problem.  Am I missing somthing? Sure smells like a bug.


#include <iostream.h>
main()
{
void func();     //prototype

//local class definition
class X{
	public:
		int i;
		float f;
		void printIt(){cout<<"\nHello\n";}
}c;
c.i = 1;
c.f = 3.3;
c.printIt();
cout<<"\ni: "<<c.i<<"\nf: "<<c.f<<endl;
func();
}

void func(){
X x;         //COMPILER TAKES THIS
x.i = 2;
x.f = 44.5;
cout<<"\ni: "<<x.i<<"\nf: "<<x.f<<endl;
}


Thanks, 
      Gary