From: "James Bulman" <james DOT bulman AT virgin DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Templates and warnings
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 12:27:25 +0100
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Hi, I have recently switch to working with djgpp.

I am writing a basic double linked list template which uses a enum to return
the status of any operation. I have noticed though that I can write anything
in the return statement and the compiler does not complain.

For example (this is an example, not the exact code)

typedef enum listReturn {listAddOk = 1, listAddFail = 2, listRemoveOk = 3,
listRemoveFail = 4};

template <class letype>
listReturn list<letype>::next(void)
{
  /* do some stuff */
  return(any_old_rubbish_which_the_compiler_shouldnt_like);
}

This compiles fine, what am I doing wrong?