//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
typedef struct sample {

  void sampleData( const char* c ){ strcpy( sampleData, c ); };

  char sampleData[ 10 ];

} TSample;
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------

The above code would not compile for me.  The compiler (BC5) reported that
'sampleData( const char* ) was already defined'?

Can I not have a member function AND a member variable of the same name in a
structor?  I got around the problem by simply renaming the function to
'GetsampleData' but I'm still interested in knowing why this didn't work.

-Daniel
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Daniel wrote:
>
> //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> typedef struct sample {
>
>   void sampleData( const char* c ){ strcpy( sampleData, c ); };
>
>   char sampleData[ 10 ];
>
> } TSample;
> //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The above code would not compile for me.  The compiler (BC5) reported that
> 'sampleData( const char* ) was already defined'?
>
> Can I not have a member function AND a member variable of the same name in a
> structor?  I got around the problem by simply renaming the function to
> 'GetsampleData' but I'm still interested in knowing why this didn't work.
>
> -Daniel
> ---
Because
{
  TSample aTSample;
  aTSample.someData;
}
is ambiguous.
Is the someData a char array, or a function pointer?
Besides, you'd get some very strange error messages from your compiler
when it came to function calling (at least, I would).
The fact that a name of a function equates to a function pointer in C is
very confusing, at times annoying.
You must have done this more than once:
if (bool_returning_function) ...
Oops! The address of 'bool_returning_function' isn't going to be 0, is
it?

Regards,
 Michael Hudson

Please don't email this address - it's not mine.
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In <4smu1i$inj@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> rkdious@ix.netcom.com (Daniel)
writes:

>Can I not have a member function AND a member variable of the same name in a
>structor?

 You can not reuse any identifier in the same scope with the
 exception of overloaded functions.

 - Paul J. Lucas
   NASA Ames Research Center  Caelum Research Corporation
   Moffett Field, California  San Jose, California
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