"syntax error before `[' token" compilation error with gcc/g++ 3.0.4

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Apr  1, 2004, "azerty qwerty" <azerty_qwerty_75@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I tried to compile a c/c++ file with gcc/g++ 3.0.4 but got this syntax
> error.

My first guess would be that you have to replace occurrences of `<:'
with `< :' in that file.  `<:' is an alternate spelling for `['.

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