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From: tiemann@YAHI.STANFORD.EDU (Michael Tiemann)
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Subject: G++ 1.34.1: Bug with function prototypes
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Date: 21 Apr 89 02:57:37 GMT
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   Date: Thu, 20 Apr 89 21:50:28 EDT
   From: "Robert S. French" <rfrench@athena.mit.edu>
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   The file:

	   void foo(int (*pfri)());

   causes g++ 1.34.1 to error out with:

   [ ... ]

Yes.  This is a documented lossage of GNU C++.  If you want to know
why it loses, look in g++.texinfo, and search for the string

inherently ambiguous

This phrase describes the C++ grammar, and the containing paragraph
explains why I decided to not waste time trying to deal with it.

Michael