Can't use '::' with isspace

[Philipp Thomas]

* Tron Thomas (tron.thomas@sierra.com) [20000203 05:38]:

> #include <ctype.h>
> 
> int main(void)
> {
>     ::isspace(32);
> }
> 

> This produces the following results:
> 
> foo.cpp: In function `int main()':
> foo.cpp:5: parse error before `('

You didn't tell, which version of gcc you're using. But you most probably
got bitten by fact that isspace is a macro, not a function. The current CVS
version gives:

In function `int main ()':
parse error before `_ctype_b'

which is correct, because if you look at the preprocessed output, isspace
gets expanded to a test and scope resolution on that is illegal.

int main(void)
{
    ::(__ctype_b[(int) ((32))] & (unsigned short int)  _ISspace);
}



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