Date:	Wed, 14 Sep 1994 08:42:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Gordon Hogenson <ghogenso AT u DOT washington DOT edu>
Subject:	Re: named enum?
To:	d791013 <d791013 AT hntp2 DOT hinet DOT net>
Cc:	DJGPP list <djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu>

On Wed, 14 Sep 1994, d791013 wrote:

> 
> 	enum  bool  {false, true};
> 	void main () {
> 	  bool foo = false;
> 	}
> 
> the g++ told me:
> 	
> 	temp.cc:1: parse error before `bool'.

This is because 'bool' is a built in type in C++ now.  G++ is the
first compiler to implement this.  "It's a feature, not a bug!" ;-)

The other example looks like a bug in the iostreams library.  Send
mail to bug-lib-g++@prep.ai.mit.edu to report it.

Gordon

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