From 1854290269619270239 X-Google-Thread: f78e5,2a0144bbf1d6a893 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsread.com!news-xfer.newsread.com!nntp.abs.net!news-FFM2.ecrc.net!newsfeed.vmunix.org!peer-uk.news.demon.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!stump.algebra.com!devnull From: ben-public-nospam@decadentplace.org.uk (Ben Hutchings) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Proposal: Allow member typedefs to be used in return types without qualification Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 01:22:18 GMT Lines: 23 Sender: mail2news@demon.net Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au (Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++) Message-ID: References: <8lv9e.22540$ox3.11441@trnddc03> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.news.demon.net X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1114392144 1155 158.152.254.254 (25 Apr 2005 01:22:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 01:22:24 +0000 (UTC) X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) X-User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) X-Orig-X-Trace: individual.net U9UJ+Hi750uLOOnhYA0LXgLvM/iDWEFyynLDrGOmAQuSVMtOA= X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at cs.mu.OZ.AU X-Reply-To: Ben Hutchings X-Received: (from fjh@localhost) by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.9/Submit) id j3P1MIMC018415; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:22:18 +1000 (EST) X-Path: comp-std-cpp-robomod!not-for-mail X-Delivered-To: std-c++@ucar.edu X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Orig-Path: decadentplace.org.uk!nobody X-Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.std.c++:4578 "Max T. Woodbury" wrote: > James Aguilar wrote: >> So: allow member typedefs to be used implicitly in both return types and >> parameter types. > > This causes technical parsing problems. The return type of the function has > to be known to be a type to parse it properly. I don't believe that in itself is a difficulty, because a declaration must begin with either a keyword or a type-specifier. -- Ben Hutchings If the facts do not conform to your theory, they must be disposed of. --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.jamesd.demon.co.uk/csc/faq.html ]