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Re: GCC compiler issue - parse error before `&&' token
- From: Eljay Love-Jensen <eljay at adobe dot com>
- To: Gaurav Kansal <gkansal at velankani dot com>, gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 07:36:45 -0600
- Subject: Re: GCC compiler issue - parse error before `&&' token
- References: <004e01c51fdd$8a59c6a0$210e000a@blr.velankani.com>
Hi Gaurev,
and is a C++ keyword.
I strongly recommend avoiding keywords as variable names.
>I don't understand why the g++ versions are not backward compatible.
GCC C++ implementation strives to be compliant with the C++ standard (ISO
14882).
In situations when having to decide between backwards compatibility and C++
compliance, the backwards compatibility will (usually) be deprecated giving
developers time to transition their code from the feature that has been
earmarked for removal. At some point in time, the feature may be removed.
Much more rarely (in my experience) with GCC, a non-compliant feature
(wart?) is changed without forewarning.
HTH.
--Eljay