From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: phd@siemens.dk
To: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: c++/3252: a struct member cannot have a name that is also a typedef
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 02:16:00 -0000
Message-id: <20010619091230.10184.qmail@sourceware.cygnus.com>
X-SW-Source: 2001-06/msg00770.html
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>Number:         3252
>Category:       c++
>Synopsis:       a struct member cannot have a name that is also a typedef
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jun 19 02:16:02 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Peter Hegelund
>Release:        Today's build
>Organization:
>Environment:
CodeSourcery
>Description:
typedef char text[11];
struct foo {
text text;
} FOO;

GCC Output


These are the results of processing your source code with the following command:

g++ [input] 


Exit code: 256

Messages:

/usr/tmp/@20044.7.cc:3: declaration of `char foo::text[11]'
/usr/tmp/@20044.7.cc:1: changes meaning of `text' from `typedef char text[11]'

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
Change first text to e.g. _text. Unfortunately the code comes out of our DB API generator! Code compiles fine with Microsoft C++ 12.00 aka Visual Studio 6.00
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: