Re: Default constructor and const
Daniel Giaimo wrote:
On 1/21/2010 2:58 PM, Pete Becker wrote:
Daniel Giaimo wrote:
On 1/21/2010 12:54 PM, Saeed Amrollahi wrote:
What about the -implicit- default constructor?
I ran the program under MS Visual Studio 2008. It issued a warning:
'a' : 'const' automatic data initialized with compiler generated
default
constructor produces unreliable results.
I think it is more reasonable. BTW, it is not invalid program.
The C++ standard would disagree with you. The fact that M$
Visual Studio allows it does not mean it is a valid C++
program.
In particular, the standard requires "a diagnostic". A warning can be a
diagnostic if the compiler's documentation says it is.
I'm not sure what you're saying here. Are you saying that this is a
valid C++ program? I don't have a copy of the final C++ standard on me
right now, but a quick search for a working draft online yields the
following:
If MS says that warnings are diagnostics, then Visual Studio's handling
of that code conforms to the standard. The fact that it then "allows" it
is irrelevant.
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