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From: mat@mole-end.UUCP (Mark A Terribile)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Spurious error: two initializers for <class>
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Date: 7 Aug 90 17:49:41 GMT
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> I suspect the following is a Cfront 2.0 bug.
> Environment: Sun C++ 2.0, SparcStation 1, SunOS 4.0.3

> I have included a sample program that illustrates the problem below.
> An incorrect error message is generated:
 
> 	error: two initializers for <class>
 
> under certain conditions. ...
 
> The error message only seems to appear when the translator
> has found a legitimate error earlier in the program. ...

Ah, yes.  I have noticed similar problems on the Sun 3.  I suggest you
chalk it up to a compiler bug, and probably an interesting one.  Well,
at least it doesn't dump core.

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 From mole-end				Mark Terribile