[LC++]g++ thinks default-constructed object is actually a function

[Peter Poulsen]

Dr Mark H Phillips <mark at austrics.com.au> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I know that if we do:
> 
>   Apple apple();
> 
> then C++ interprets apple as a function taking no arguments and 
> returning an Apple object.  If we actually wanted apple to
> be an Apple object, constructed using the default constructor,
> then we should have done:
> 
>   Apple apple;
> 
> But I've come across a situation where g++ (version 3.2.2) thinks
> I'm trying to define a function when really I'm trying to use
> a default constructor --- but in this situation just leaving off
> the brackets doesn't help!
> 
> I've attached the example program.  I'd be interested in people's
> ideas.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark.
> 
Hi, 

My help may not be that helpfull as I'm running gcc 2.95, but I managed
to get it running by changing the lines in the main function to the
following.

Ownrisk r;
Posint a(r, i);
std::cout<<"a = "<<a<<std::endl;

-- 
Yours 
Peter Poulsen