g++ doesn't like "major" & "minor" as class variable names.

[A. W. Dunstan <ADunstan at OptiMetrics dot org>]

The attached files don't compile.  The error messages I get are:


g++ -c -Wall ErrorEllipse.c++
ErrorEllipse.c++: In constructor `ErrorEllipse::ErrorEllipse()':
ErrorEllipse.c++:9: anachronistic old style base class initializer
ErrorEllipse.c++:9: base class initializer specified, but no base class to
   initialize
ErrorEllipse.c++:10: anachronistic old style base class initializer
ErrorEllipse.c++:10: base class initializer specified, but no base class
to initialize
ErrorEllipse.c++: In constructor `ErrorEllipse::ErrorEllipse(double,
double, double)':
ErrorEllipse.c++:16: invalid operands of types `double' and `int' to
binary `operator>>'
ErrorEllipse.c++:16: anachronistic old style base class initializer
ErrorEllipse.c++:16: base class initializer specified, but no base class
to nitialize
ErrorEllipse.c++:17: invalid operands of types `double' and `int' to
binary `operator&'
ErrorEllipse.c++:17: anachronistic old style base class initializer
ErrorEllipse.c++:17: base class initializer specified, but no base class
to initialize



However, if I change "major" (declared in ErrorEllipse.h line 28) to
anything else (majorAxisLen, majorAxis, majorA, etc) half the error
messages go away.  Changing "minor" (same file, line 29) in a similar
manner makes the other half of the messages go away.  A 3rd variable
(orientation) of the same type, declared in the same place makes it thru
unscathed.

As far as I can tell neither "major" nor "minor" are keywords.



Platform:
    Dell Dimension XPS T700r
    uname -a says:
        Linux harpy 2.2.17-14 #1 Mon Feb 5 17:53:36 EST 2001 i686 unknown

gcc -v says:
    Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.0.3/specs
    Configured with: ./configure
    Thread model: single
    gcc version 3.0.3

No mods to the compiler source.


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Al Dunstan, Software Engineer
OptiMetrics, Inc.
3115 Professional Drive
Ann Arbor, MI  48104-5131

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