From: Vik Heyndrickx <Vik DOT Heyndrickx AT rug DOT ac DOT be>
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Subject: Re: Return Types for Constructors
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 1997 08:46:26 +0100
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Robert Lazorko wrote:
> 
> I am writing code which implements classes for C++, and yet, the compiler
> gives the error message "return type specified for constructor invalid"...
> 
> Vector::Vector()
> {
>         x = 0;
>         y = 0;
> }

constructors always return void, so you should have written instead:

void Vector::Vector ()

IIRC the compiler assumes 'int' for the return type if you omit it in
C++.

BTW since this question is not DJGPP specific you should have posted
this to comp.lang.c++.

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