Hi,
I got a code snipset that gcc refuses to compile. I am note sure however
whether this is a bug in gcc, or the snipset is just invalid C code.
This is the source code in question:
----
typedef int foo;
void bar1 (foo* foo)
{
}
void bar2 (foo foo)
{
bar1((foo*) foo);
}
int main (void)
{
}
---
And this is what gcc 3.3.4 tells me about it:
---
foo.c: In function `bar2':
foo.c:9: error: parse error before ')' token
---
If I remove the cast, gcc compiles the sample just fine. 'foo' is
overloaded to be a type name and parameter in both funciton 'bar1' and
'bar2'. Such overloading seems to be legal ('bar1' alone and 'bar2'
without the cast compile just fine). However the cast doesnt seem to
work. This restriction seems a bit arbitrary to me, is the cast legal C
or not?
I do know that the name overloading is bad style. I extracted the
snipset from generated code.
many thanks in advance,
Andreas 3 1650
Andreas Leitner <no****@sbox.tugraz.at> wrote: I got a code snipset that gcc refuses to compile. I am note sure however whether this is a bug in gcc, or the snipset is just invalid C code.
This is the source code in question: ---- typedef int foo;
void bar1 (foo* foo) { }
void bar2 (foo foo) { bar1((foo*) foo); }
int main (void) { } --- And this is what gcc 3.3.4 tells me about it: --- foo.c: In function `bar2': foo.c:9: error: parse error before ')' token ---
You can't have the name of a variable being identical to a type, even
a typedef'ed one. Unfortunately, the compiler doesn't complain about
that already in the argument list, but that seems to be because it's
typedef'ed, if you try e.g.
void bar1( int* int )
you get told immediately that there's something fishy.
Regards, Jens
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On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 14:14 +0000, Je***********@physik.fu-berlin.de
wrote: You can't have the name of a variable being identical to a type, even a typedef'ed one. Unfortunately, the compiler doesn't complain about that already in the argument list, but that seems to be because it's typedef'ed, if you try e.g.
void bar1( int* int )
you get told immediately that there's something fishy.
Are you sure? 'int' is AFAIK a keyword and lives in a different
namespace than typedef typenames. Also the following compiles just fine:
----
typedef int foo;
void bar1 (foo* foo)
{
int* ip = foo;
}
int main (void)
{
}
----
However the following doesnt:
----
typedef int foo;
void bar1 (foo* foo)
{
foo x;
}
int main (void)
{
}
----
So maybe the rule is that once you overload 'foo' as an argument,
(withing the function scope) its not available as a typename anymore.
Andreas
On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 14:30:53 +0100, Andreas Leitner wrote: Hi,
I got a code snipset that gcc refuses to compile. I am note sure however whether this is a bug in gcc, or the snipset is just invalid C code.
It is invalid C code.
This is the source code in question: ---- typedef int foo;
void bar1 (foo* foo) { }
void bar2 (foo foo) { bar1((foo*) foo); }
int main (void) { } --- And this is what gcc 3.3.4 tells me about it: --- foo.c: In function `bar2': foo.c:9: error: parse error before ')' token ---
If I remove the cast, gcc compiles the sample just fine. 'foo' is overloaded to be a type name and parameter in both funciton 'bar1' and 'bar2'.
There is no overloading here. foo is defined as a typedef name at an outer
scope and a variable name at an inner scope. Inner scope declarations hide
outer scope ones within their scope. So the foo in the cast refers to the
variable foo, not the type foo hence the error. This is like writing
void bar2 (foo foo2)
{
bar1((foo2*) foo2);
}
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