| Title: | C++ |
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| Moderator: | DECCXX::AMARTIN |
| Created: | Fri Nov 06 1987 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3604 |
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A customer asks:
has the possibility of overloading return values been implemented in
C++ for OpenVMS alpha 5.5 ?
Kevin Mannerings dtn 8224320
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 3524.1 | DECCXX::COLEEN | Wed Apr 02 1997 20:54 | 15 | ||
Overloading return values is illegal with respect to the C++ ANSI (standard 13.1 paragraph 2). Could the customer be referring to overriding virtual functions with different return types, where the overridden function's return type is a reference to a base class of the overriding function's return type? See ANSI std 10.3 paragraph 5 [class.virtual] for the rule. The latter will be supported in the next major release of DEC C++ V6.0. Thanks for the input, Coleen Phillimore DEC C++ development | |||||
| 3524.2 | and when will V6 be ready, he asks? | MKTCRV::MANNERINGS | Thu Apr 03 1997 07:07 | 10 | |
Yes, that was it, the customer, an academic in Germany, says he
expressed himself incorrectly when he talked about overloading values.
Thank you for the answer. When I spoke to the customer again this
morning, he asked when V6.0 will be ready. Can you tell me here or send
me a mail?
..Kevin..
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| 3524.3 | V6.0 | DECCXX::MITCHELL | Thu Apr 03 1997 21:05 | 11 | |
Our next release is V5.6. We're putting the final touches on the first field test kit and expect to start the field test next week. V6.0 is the major release following V5.6. We expect to start field test in August. We're always interested in external field test sites (internal ones too). If you know of an external site that is interested in field testing V5.6 and/or V6.0, please send me mail. | |||||