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Subject: problem with declarations in G++
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Date: 31 Jan 91 03:35:08 GMT
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//
// zortech has no problem
// turbo c++ has no problem
// why does gcc get so mad at me?
//
typedef void (*function_pointer)(void);

class x {
	void funky_function1(function_pointer f);				// works OK
	void funky_function(void (*function_parameter)(void));	// should work
};

Compiler output:

gcc version 1.37.1
 d:/djgcc/bin/cpp -+ -v -undef -D__GNUC__ -D__GNUG__ -D__cplusplus -Dunix -Di386 -D__unix__ -D__i386__ tst.cc C:\TMP\/ccAA_AAA.cpp
GNU CPP version 1.37.1
 d:/djgcc/bin/cc1plus C:\TMP\/ccAA_AAA.cpp -quiet -dumpbase tst.cc -version -o C:\TMP\/ccAA_AAA.s
GNU C++ version 1.37.1 (based on GCC 1.37) (80386, BSD syntax) compiled by GNU C version 1.37.1.
default target switches: -m80387
tst.cc:10: `function_parameter' undeclared, outside of functions
tst.cc:10: parse error before `)'
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