[comp.lang.c++] Use of class-declared enums outside of that class

palmer@mwunix.mitre.org (Forrest Palmer) (02/14/91)

Hi,

  This example is based on one given in the ARM pp. 240-241 :

class X {
public:

   enum E2 { a2, b2 };
   X() {}
} ;

main ()
{
   X::E2 e2 = X::a2 ;
}


With Sun C++ 2.0 I get the error messages :

	"Ctest.C", line 10: error: `;' missing after statement
	"Ctest.C", line 10: error: syntax error

With G++ 1.37 I get :

	Ctest.C: In function int main ():
	Ctest.C:10: field `E2' is not a member of type `X'
	Ctest.C:10: parse error before `e2'
	2 errors

My question is - are these responses bugs and if so are they known bugs?
Thanks,
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Forrest Palmer                        (703) 883-5668
The MITRE Corp. - Washington Center
MS W425, McLean, VA 22102
palmer@mitre.org