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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Bug in cfront 1.2.1
Message-ID: <9265@alice.UUCP>
Date: 29 Apr 89 18:07:32 GMT
References: <NEATH.89Apr28070320@solar-1.stars.flab.Fujitsu.JUNET>
Distribution: comp.lang.c++
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Liberty Corner NJ
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In article <NEATH.89Apr28070320@solar-1.stars.flab.Fujitsu.JUNET>, neath@solar-1.stars.flab.Fujitsu.JUNET writes:
> The  following code  causes  an internal error and bus  error in cfront version
> 1.2.1 when I try to compile it. I believe that this is valid, although somewhat
> unusual, C++ syntax. Is this acceptable code? This initialization works fine if
> I change private data slot 'a' from a class_b& to something like an int.

< code omitted >

Your example is indeed valid C++.  It works fine on the
(pre-release) cfront 2.0 running here.
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