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From: baud@gt-eedsp.UUCP (Kurt Baudendistel)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: typedef's of classes
Keywords: c++, typedef, class
Message-ID: <414@gt-eedsp.UUCP>
Date: 25 Aug 88 17:34:58 GMT
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Organization: School of Electrical Engineering, Ga. Tech, Atlanta, GA  30332
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if i have defined a class CLASS and create a typedef of it, such as

  typedef CLASS NEW_CLASS;

i would think that i could use NEW_CLASS just like i use CLASS, with
constructors, etc.  is this true? my gnu c++ compiler thinks that this
is the case. it says that 

  CLASS a(5);				// legal constructor
  NEW_CLASS b(5);			// illegal constructor

is this the same as at&t cfront? is this the way c++ is supposed to
work? does this make sense?

i think that this should be a legal construct, since this is how i use
typedef in c.  what do you think?


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Kurt Baudendistel [GRA McClellan]
Georgia Tech, School of Electrical Engineering, Atlanta, GA  30332
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