Re: Compiler error or? Microsoft VC++ v6.0

From: Hendrik Schober (SpamTrap_at_gmx.de)
Date: 02/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 22:51:04 +0100

Torstein Hansen <torsteinRemoveThis@hansen.as> wrote:
> "Ron Natalie" <ron@sensor.com> wrote in message
> news:403282f0$0$139$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com...
> >
> > "Torstein Hansen" <torsteinRemoveThis@hansen.as> wrote in message
> news:kpvYb.464$72.135468032@news.telia.no...
> >
> > > But in this code it's not the literal 0, rather
> > > const unsigned long u0 = 0
> > >
> > That's good enough. The rule says that a null pointer constant is a
> integer
> > constant expression evaluating to zero. A const variable initialized
> with a
> > constant qualifies as a constant expression.
> >
>
> Right - I'll just have to accept the rule. Even though it made for some
> long deep looks into the code to figure out what happened...

  Make your ctors 'explicit' except on
  very rare occasions. This takes care
  of many such issues.

> Thanks all...
>
> Torstein

  Schobi 

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