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Re: Forward class in throw declaration.
- To: "Andrew J. Malton" <ajmalton at uwaterloo dot ca>
- Subject: Re: Forward class in throw declaration.
- From: Nathan Sidwell <nathan at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 15:42:27 +0100
- CC: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Organization: Codesourcery LLC
- References: <200109141406.KAA28750@plg2.math.uwaterloo.ca>
"Andrew J. Malton" wrote:
>
> The following snippet uses a forward class name in a throw declaration:
>
> class F {
> int v;
> public:
> F (int v) { this-> v = v; }
> void raise () throw (F) { throw new F (0); }
> };
>
> It compiles and works perfectly well using "gcc version egcs-2.91.66
> 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)" and "gcc version 2.95.2 19991024
> (release)" but when compiled with "gcc version 3.0" it fails to parse:
>
> F.cpp:5: invalid use of undefined type `class F'
> F.cpp:1: forward declaration of `class F'
>
> Is this a bug, or newly correct ;-) behaviour, or am I missing something?
newly correct. 15.4/1
nathan
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