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From: mrs@cygnus.com (Mike Stump)
Subject: Re: Problem with gcc/g++-2.6.2, using libg++-2.6.1
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Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 23:18:40 GMT
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In article <3c42ma$7re@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu>,
David <cradle@wam.umd.edu> wrote:
>enum {false, true};
>test3.cc:4: parse error before `false'
The compiler is telling you that the file is not valid C++ source
code. It turns out that false is a keyword. It is the same as doing:
enum { if, else };
under ANSI C. Try removing the line, and the program should do what
you want, else just use different names.