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Re: anonymous struct problems

From: Eljay Love-Jensen <eljay at adobe dot com>
To: Ben Guthro <bguthro at sequelimaging dot com>, gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:56:14 -0600
Subject: Re: anonymous struct problems
References: <004001c41756$4bb47340$c070d783@KunDesktop8200><C6D78CF8-834A-11D8-9587-000A95AA78E4@sequelimaging.com>

Hi Ben,

ISO/IEC 14882 (the C++ specification) prohibits anonymous structs.

I suspect that MS and CW are not compliant.

MS and CW may consider it an extension, but it makes your code C++-ish instead of C++.

I recommend avoiding that coding practice.

--Eljay

References:
- what is the difference of binding under gcc and M$ VC 6?
  - From: Kun Wei
- anonymous struct problems
  - From: Ben Guthro

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