Bug#293076: g++-3.3 uninformative error when base class missing
tags 293076 + fixed-upstream
tags 293076 + upstream
retitle 293076 [fixed in 3.4] g++-3.3 uninformative error when base class missing
thanks
$ g++-3.4 -c bug-293076.cc
bug-293076.cc:1: error: expected class-name before '{' token
Greg Kochanski writes:
> Package: g++-3.3
> Version: 1:3.3.5-5
> Severity: normal
>
>
> In the following program, the base class is missing.
> G++ gives a wimpy error message:
>
> bug.c:3: error: parse error before `{' token
>
> It could do much better. Syntactically, there aren't a lot of
> options for 'z'. A better error message might be something like
>
> bug.c:3: error: parse error between ':' and '{'. Expecting that "z" would be the name of a class.
>
>
> Here's the code:
>
> class y: z {
> public:
> };
>
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 3.1
> APT prefers testing
> APT policy: (500, 'testing')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686
> Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
>
> Versions of packages g++-3.3 depends on:
> ii gcc-3.3 1:3.3.5-5 The GNU C compiler
> ii gcc-3.3-base 1:3.3.5-5 The GNU Compiler Collection (base
> ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
> ii libstdc++5-3.3-dev 1:3.3.5-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (d
>
> -- no debconf information
>
>
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