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From: pelle@eva.slu.se (OVE EWERLID)
Newsgroups: gnu.g++.bug
Subject: Semicolon can be replaced by dummy function!
Message-ID: <4929@eva.slu.se>
Date: 25 Apr 89 23:28:44 GMT
Organization: Detron
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If this has been reported before, please ignore!

G++ 1.35-, running on a sun3;

Consider:

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class Test
{
protected:
  double xx, yy, zz;
public:
  Test(doubel, double, double);
}   		// Semicolon missing!

dummy(){}	// This seems to replace the missing semicolon after the class!

inline Test::Test(double x, doubel y, double z)
{
  xx=x; yy=y; zz=z;
}

main(){}

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// The above compiles, but should it?
// I think the answer is no as the above is invalid C++!
// Now look at the this:


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class Test
{
protected:
  double xx, yy, zz;
public:
  Test(doubel, double, double);
};   // The semicolon added

inline Test::Test(double x, doubel y, double z)
{
  xx=x; yy=y; zz=z;
}


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// which is the valid C++ code.
// The bug seems to be the fact that one can leave out the semicolon
// after a class definition and replace it with a dummy function.
// I haven't checked, but it may also apply to structs.