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echo: aust_c_here
to: Roy McNeill
from: David Nugent
date: 1995-08-06 14:32:16
subject: problem in c++

> GC> x=new unit[]={...};

 > The above line won't work because you're trying to initialize a
 > pointer, not a structure. The line

??

 > But saying

 >  struct unit *y = {'c',1};

 > is illegal.

But that isn't what he was doing. He was calling operator new(), which is
perfectly legal.


 > The fact that you have the structure inside a class only
 > complicates things; the real problem is your attempting to
 > initialize a pointer with structure contents.

C++ can handle this situation just fine.


  Cheers,
  David

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