The n2800 draft standard, like the C++98 standard, cheerfully informs us
that


       7.1.3/1 "The typedef specifier shall not be used in a function-
             definition (8.4), ..."


Well hello.

One might imagine that what was intended was... Well, something. But the
wording
as-is disallows e.g.

    int main() { typedef int Int; }

And I gather that couldn't very well be the intention.

Suggested rewording:


      [Suggested rewording]
       7.1.3/1 "The typedef specifier shall not be used in the
/decl-specifier-seq/
             of a function-definition (8.4), ..."


Cheers,

- Alf

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earlier
when such was submitted and not 100% rule-conforming it was rejected, so
I just
wrote "da phect". Hopefully that's OK? We're all hip hoppers, right? :-)

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Alf P. Steinbach wrote:
> The n2800 draft standard, like the C++98 standard, cheerfully informs us
> that
>       7.1.3/1 "The typedef specifier shall not be used in a function-
>             definition (8.4), ..."

It's fixed in N2857; see issue 576.

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On Apr 2, 8:08 am, "Alf P. Steinbach" <al...@start.no> wrote:
> The n2800 draft standard, like the C++98 standard, cheerfully informs us
> that
>
>        7.1.3/1 "The typedef specifier shall not be used in a function-
>              definition (8.4), ..."
>
> Well hello.
>
> One might imagine that what was intended was... Well, something. But the
> wording
> as-is disallows e.g.
>
>     int main() { typedef int Int; }
>
> And I gather that couldn't very well be the intention.

True, that is not the intention, please check the defect report 576:

576. Typedefs in function definitions
@
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/cwg_defects.html#576

Regards,

Jiang


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