patrick@cos.com (Patrick Steranka) (12/03/89)
In BS, pg 164, 5.5.6 it states: The assignment to "this" [in a constructor function] informs the compiler that the programmer has taken control and that the default mechanism for allocating storage should not be used. This does not seem to be supported by the GNU g++ compiler. Instead, the error assignment of read-only parameter `$this' is produced. Below is a sample program and the output produced when compiling it. This happens on a SUN 3/280 running SUN OS 3.5 using g++(1.36.1). ============================== ex7.cc ============================== #include <stream.h> class T{ char s[10]; public: T() { if (this == 0) this = (T*) 0x43; cout << "Value of 'this' is " << (int)this << "\n"; }; ~T() { cout << "In ~T, the value of 'this' is " << (int)this << "\n"; this = 0; } }; main(int argc, char* argv[]) { T a1; } ============================== ex7.cc ============================== ==================== Output from compiling ex7.cc ==================== cd /usr.MC68020/zulu/patrick/test/c++/ make -k ex7 g++ -o ex7 -g -v ex7.cc gcc version 1.36.1- (based on GCC 1.36) /usr/local/lib/gnu/gcc/gcc-cpp -+ -v -undef -D__GNUC__ -D__GNUG__ -D__cplusplus -Dmc68000 -Dsun -Dunix -D__mc68000__ -D__sun__ -D__unix__ -D__HAVE_68881__ -Dmc68020 ex7.cc /usr/tmp/cca21893.cpp GNU CPP version 1.36 /usr/local/lib/gnu/gcc/gcc-cc1plus /usr/tmp/cca21893.cpp -quiet -dumpbase ex7.cc -g -version -o /usr/tmp/cca21893.s GNU C++ version 1.36.1 (based on GCC 1.36) (68k, MIT syntax) compiled by GNU C version 1.36. default target switches: -m68020 -mc68020 -m68881 -mbitfield ex7.cc: In method T::T (): ex7.cc:6: assignment of read-only parameter `$this' *** Error code 1 make: Fatal error: Target `ex7' not remade because of errors Compilation exited abnormally with code 1 at Sat Dec 2 17:25:34 ==================== Output from compiling ex7.cc ==================== patrick (Patrick Steranka @ Corporation for Open Systems) -- patrick@cos.com -- patrick%cos.com@uunet.uu.net -- {uunet, sundc, decuac, hqda-ai, hadron}!cos!patrick
schmidt@zola.ics.uci.edu (Doug Schmidt) (12/03/89)
In article <8912022231.AA26818@qna.cos.com>, patrick@cos (Patrick Steranka) writes: >In BS, pg 164, 5.5.6 it states: > > The assignment to "this" [in a constructor function] informs > the compiler that the programmer has taken control and that the > default mechanism for allocating storage should not be used. > >This does not seem to be supported by the GNU g++ compiler. >Instead, the error > > assignment of read-only parameter `$this' try using the -fthis-is-variable flag. Doug -- Any man's death diminishes me, | schmidt@ics.uci.edu (ARPA) Because I am involved in Mankind; | office: (714) 856-4043 And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee -- John Donne
tiemann@LURCH.STANFORD.EDU (Michael Tiemann) (12/03/89)
If you want to assign to `this', you must use the flag -fthis-is-variable. The 2.0 language spec permits GNU C++ to be picky about this matter, though it suggests compiler writers go easy on their users by giving the a flag whereby original behavior is restored. GNU C++ has never allowed `this' to be assigned outside of constructors and destructors, so there is no behvior to restore there. Michael