From: "Martin Ambuhl" <mambuhl AT tiac DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Dynamic Arrays and C++
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 00:05:54 -0400
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Brett Kugler wrote in message ...
:Ok, I don't usually post here, but I've run out of options.  I've been
:trying to figure out why I'm getting an error on this line of code:
:
:   int *test = new int[8][8];
:
:The error I get is:
: main.cpp:15: initialization to `int *' from `int (*)[8]'
:
:According to my C++ book (How To Program C++ by Deitel), that is a
:perfectly valid statement.  I only have a vague notion of what the compiler
:is trying to tell me.  I have tried:
===============
I would really be surprised in D&D have any reference that you can
cite for your assertion.  Your compiler is telling you that your types
don't match.  They don't.
================
:
:   int *test = new int[8];
:
:and this works, so it's something to do with the extra dimension in the
:array.  The reason I'm posting here is because I'm trying to compile with
:DJGPP and the book I have indicates that this should work, but it doesn't.
:
:Any ideas?
:
:Thanks,
:Brett
: