Re: Possible minor g++ 3.4 issue

[Jim Wilson <wilson at specifixinc dot com>]

Dan Olson wrote:
>    unsigned char *buffer = new (unsigned char)[1024];
> 3.3 versions of g++ accept this code without complaint, but 3.4 gives
> the message:
> test.cpp:3: error: expected `,' or `;' before '[' token

This was covered in a recent thread on the gcc list.
	http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2004-02/msg00970.html
	http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2004-02/msg00974.html

This is not valid C++.  Earlier g++ versions accepted it, but g++ now 
correctly rejects it, as we are trying to make g++ conform better to the 
 C++ standard.
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Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.SpecifixInc.com