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From: [e-mail] (STEPHEN R. GILBERT)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Possible bug in BC 3.1: ellipsis in proto argument list
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 24 Jan 93 05:01:55 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University
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Forgive me if this is a FAQ (probably isn't) or if this question has
been asked before.

I seem to have found a bug in my Borland C++ 3.1 compiler.  I narrowed
the problem down to the following prototype:

void foo(...)

If the above line is by itself in foo.h and I run:
bcc -P -c foo.h
It compiles without mishap.  If you're wondering: -P is to force a C++
compile and -c is compile to .obj only.

The problem is that if I try to compile without the -P, that is,
compile in regular, standard BC 3.1, I get the error message:
) expected

This is no big deal- I can just compile with the C++ option all the
time, but regular BC should be able to compile a prototype with just
an ellipsis in the argument list without a problem- I think.  I guess
my real question is: Does BC 3.1 have a bug?  My bcc.exe is dated
6-10-92 at 03:10a.  If there is a patch floating around somewhere
could someone let me know where to ftp it from.  I checked simtel20
under the borland directory and I already have all the patches for 3.1
installed that are there.  I'd like to avoid calling Borland if someone
else has already found this problem.

I need to use the prototype as shown above, so changing it in some way
will do me no good.

If you have an answer, email to me would be great.  If this is not
possible for some reason, a post is ok.  I'll check for the answer
over the next couple of days.

Thanks.

Steve Gilbert
[e-mail]