Possible minor g++ 3.4 issue

Possible minor g++ 3.4 issue

[Dan Olson]

Hi,

I'm not sure of the standard's position on the following code:

int main ()
{
   unsigned char *buffer = new (unsigned char)[1024];

   delete [] buffer;
}

3.3 versions of g++ accept this code without complaint, but 3.4 gives
the message:

test.cpp:3: error: expected `,' or `;' before '[' token

Changing the code to the more "normal"

unsigned char *buffer = new unsigned char[1024];

fixes the compilation error, but I'm wondering if 3.4 is correct in
rejecting this code.

Thank you

-- 
Dan Olson

Re: Possible minor g++ 3.4 issue

[Jim Wilson]

Dan Olson wrote:
>    unsigned char *buffer = new (unsigned char)[1024];
> 3.3 versions of g++ accept this code without complaint, but 3.4 gives
> the message:
> test.cpp:3: error: expected `,' or `;' before '[' token

This was covered in a recent thread on the gcc list.
	http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2004-02/msg00970.html
	http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2004-02/msg00974.html

This is not valid C++.  Earlier g++ versions accepted it, but g++ now 
correctly rejects it, as we are trying to make g++ conform better to the 
  C++ standard.
-- 
Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.SpecifixInc.com