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Re: Strange gcc compiler error?

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On 5/3/2011 1:09 PM, Victor Bazarov wrote:
> On 5/3/2011 1:06 PM, J Cook wrote:
>> On May 3, 1:01 pm, Victor Bazarov<v.baza...@comcast.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 5/3/2011 12:51 PM, J Cook wrote:
>> \> In order to verify you could usewww.comeaucomputing.com/
>> tryitout(they
>>> compile but don't link), their compiler is very Standard-compliant.
>>>
>>> As to your "error" since 'Foo' is the name of the type, the compiler can
>>> (and will) interpret
>>>
>>> Foo(test);
>>>
>>> as a declaration of a variable 'test' of type 'Foo', thus trying to
>>> redeclare 'test' with another type. To avoid that add parentheses
>>>
>>> Foo((test));
>>
>> You are right about the semantic confusion. I had thought of the
>> double parenthesis would fix it also, but it does not seem to make any
>> difference. I really want to create an unnamed temporary (a common
>> task), and can't seem to find a way to hint the parser that this
>> should be a Constructor call with one parameter.
>
> You can do
>
> static_cast<Foo>(test);
>
> that should invoke the constructor.

Or, another way is to cast:

     (Foo)test;

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Strange gcc compiler error? J Cook <joecook@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 09:51 -0700
  Re: Strange gcc compiler error? Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2011-05-03 13:01 -0400
    Re: Strange gcc compiler error? J Cook <joecook@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 10:06 -0700
      Re: Strange gcc compiler error? Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2011-05-03 13:09 -0400
        Re: Strange gcc compiler error? Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2011-05-03 13:10 -0400
          Re: Strange gcc compiler error? Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-05-03 10:36 -0700
            Re: Strange gcc compiler error? James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 15:02 -0700
  Re: Strange gcc compiler error? Kai-Uwe Bux <jkherciueh@gmx.net> - 2011-05-03 19:31 +0200

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