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[Lucas Goss]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Lucas Goss wrote:
>> So the compiler does error with the first two attempts, but the third 
>> compiles and runs fine.
> 
> Yes, it is C++ and is perfectly legal C++. A more interesting question 
> is should it be legal? I posed the question in comp.lang.c++.moderated, 
> and got a couple of interesting answers.

That's what I'm trying to discover, is there a good reason it should be 
legal. I found the thread here (for those interested).
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.c++.moderated/browse_thread/thread/38a8bf39637180de/#

Lucas