Maurizio Vitale wrote:
>
> is the following legal according to the latest version of the standard?
>
> Code similar to this is used in LEDA (a library of data structures and
> algorithms) and a recent snapshot of egcs [gcc version egcs-2.91.25
> 19980425 (gcc2 ss-980401 experimental)] doesn't like it.
>
> class C {};
>
> typedef C A;
>
> main()
> {
>   A* p = new A;
>   p->~A();
> }

When asking for advice about why some code wouldn't compile, you should
generally include a copy of the actual code of the simplest program that
you could write that displays the same problem, and a copy of the
compiler's error and warning messages. Explaining an error that a
compiler detects is often much easier than detecting it yourself.
Offhand, I can't see any problem with the above code, and neither does
the compiler I just checked it with.
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is the following legal according to the latest version of the standard?

Code similar to this is used in LEDA (a library of data structures and
algorithms) and a recent snapshot of egcs [gcc version egcs-2.91.25
19980425 (gcc2 ss-980401 experimental)] doesn't like it.

class C {};

typedef C A;

main()
{
  A* p = new A;
  p->~A();
}

Thanks,

 Maurizio
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