Re: c++/8914: parentheses not accepted around constructor call in return statement

Re: c++/8914: parentheses not accepted around constructor call in return statement

[reichelt]

Synopsis: parentheses not accepted around constructor call in return statement

State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: reichelt
State-Changed-When: Thu Dec 12 08:18:00 2002
State-Changed-Why:
    This is a well-known bug, see
    http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html#parsing

http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gcc&pr=8914

c++/8914: parentheses not accepted around constructor call in return statement

[tkarkanis]

>Number:         8914
>Category:       c++
>Synopsis:       parentheses not accepted around constructor call in return statement
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          rejects-legal
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Dec 12 07:56:01 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     tkarkanis@aw.sgi.com
>Release:        3.2
>Organization:
>Environment:
Red Hat Linux
>Description:
If a return statement has parentheses around the expression, and the expression returns a temporary object created by calling the constructor without arguments, g++ emits a parse error.  See attached file.  This problem seems to exist in many versions of gcc.  A workaround is to remove the parentheses enclosing the return expression.
>How-To-Repeat:
g++ -c return.cpp
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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