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Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 01:35:04 +0200
From: Marc Lehmann <pcg AT goof DOT com>
To: lambache AT biochem DOT mpg DOT de, beastium-list AT Desk DOT nl
Subject: Re: pointer-to-function difference betwenn gcc2.7.2.1 and pgcc for OS/2
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On Fri, Jul 31, 1998 at 10:59:51AM -0400, lambache AT biochem DOT mpg DOT de wrote:
> 
> >From pgcc I get the following error message:
> 
> numerik.cxx: In method `void vector_integral::_driver(void (vector_integral::*)(
> ), double *)':
> numerik.cxx:540: must use .* or ->* to call pointer-to-member function in `metho
> d (...)'
> make: *** [numerik.o] Error 1

> emx-gcc 2.7.2.1 compiles this without even a warning

thats because gcc-2.7.2.1 compiles almost everything, even incorrect c++
programs. egcs (and newer pgcc versions) usually don't, so you sometimes get
more errors.

But, if thats the only message you get, your program is one of the seldom
almost-correct c++ programs ;)

> Frankly, I do not even understand the error message. I tried to fumble around with
> typecasts, but this didn't yield anything besides other error messages 8-)

(this->*method)()

should work.

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