• "Matthew" <admin stlsoft.dot.dot.dot.dot.org> Mar 23 2005
• Christof Meerwald <cmeerw web.de> Mar 24 2005
• "Matthew" <admin stlsoft.dot.dot.dot.dot.org> Mar 24 2005
• "Walter" <newshound digitalmars.com> Mar 28 2005

namespace ns
{
  typedef long    rc;

} // namespace ns

::ns::rc    r1  =   10;

namespace ns
{
  rc  r2  =   static_cast<rc>(10);

  rc  r3  =   static_cast<ns::rc>(10);

  rc  r4  =   static_cast<::ns::rc>(10); // Error: '<' expected following cast

} // namespace ns

::ns::rc  r5  =   static_cast<ns::rc>(10);

::ns::rc  r6  =   static_cast<::ns::rc>(10); // Error: '<' expected following
cast

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:47:25 +1100, Matthew wrote:
 rc r4 = static_cast<::ns::rc>(10); // Error: '<' expected following cast


Hmm, it's not a bug, <: is a digraph.


bye, Christof

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Yikes, you're right.

Man, that's truly insidious and evil.

C++ sometimes makes one weep real tears.

"Christof Meerwald" <cmeerw web.de> wrote in message
news:newscache$pxlvdi$hv$1 msgid.cmeerw.org...
 On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:47:25 +1100, Matthew wrote:
 rc r4 = static_cast<::ns::rc>(10); // Error: '<' expected following cast


 Hmm, it's not a bug, <: is a digraph.


 bye, Christof

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 ...and what have you contributed to the Net? 

"Matthew" <admin stlsoft.dot.dot.dot.dot.org> wrote in message
news:d20o68$2d7j$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Yikes, you're right.

 Man, that's truly insidious and evil.

 C++ sometimes makes one weep real tears.


D doesn't have digraphs <g>. (or trigraphs, another loser feature)

I've never seen either appear in a real program outside of a test suite.