Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From:	"Mike Ruskai" <thanny AT spambegone DOT home DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: construction has been delayed due to somebody's stupidity (most likely my own)
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Date:	Sat, 24 Oct 1998 07:37:14 GMT
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On Sat, 24 Oct 1998 00:47:19 -0600, Jason Glass wrote:

>hey...
>
>my simple question is, when i do the following (as an example):
>
>class MyClass {
>public:
>   MyClass();
>protected:
>   int data;
>};
>
>void main()
>{
>   MyClass instance();  // point of interest
>}
>
>on the line in question, it tries to accept 'instance()' as a classname, and
>it totally misses the concept that it might be trying to construct the
>class.  the only way i can get this to work is by declaring a class pointer
>object and initializing it, then destroying it at the end manually.  i have
>not had this problem in other dos compilers, though i HAVE had this sample
>problem with linux gcc (ooh.. big surprise.. :)
>
>anyways, could somebody please tell me what's going on..  thanks a bunch.

Well, the first thing I have to say is that your example does not demonstrate
the problem you indicate when I try to compile it, with no less than four
compilers (IBM VisualAge C++, Borland C++, GNU GCC, and DJGPP).

I would suggest, however, that you try removing the empty parentheses. 
There's no reason to have them when using the default constructor.

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