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  2. From: davidb@datalytics.com (David Bradley)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
  4. Subject: Re: C++ syntactic trap
  5. Date: 08 Apr 96 14:35:56 GMT
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  7. Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au
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  17. Originator: fjh@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU
  18.  
  19. vavasis@CS.Cornell.EDU (Stephen Vavasis) wrote:
  20.  
  21. >I would like to make a plea to the compiler-writers who read this
  22. >group: please issue warnings for syntactic trouble spots!  Implicit
  23. >type conversion probably creates other traps that I haven't thought
  24. >of.  C++ programmers like me need help from the compiler to navigate
  25. >the traps!
  26.  
  27. What about when I create a normal object?
  28.  
  29. MyClass* pMyObject = new MyClass(Initializer);
  30.  
  31. Should this also generate a warning?  If the syntax was exceptional,
  32. but legal,  then I'd say'd it should generate a warning.  However,
  33. this syntax is not exception and is used quite frequently.
  34.  
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