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From: AlbertoBarbati@libero.it (Alberto Barbati)
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Subject: Re: A::A::A::A
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Giovanni Bajo wrote:
> Is this code really valid?
> 
> struct A {
>    void foo() {}
> };
> 
> void bar() {
>    A a;
>    a.A::A::A::A::A::A::foo();
> }
> 

AFAIK, the syntax A::whatever refers to a member of class A. Although 
the name A is injected in the scope of A, it's not a member of A, so 
writing A::A is illegal. Notice that it doesn't even refer to the class 
constructor, because constructors have no name.

That said, applying ::A a second or more times won't improve the 
situation, so the answer is definitely no.

Alberto

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