Article ID: 166718
Article Last Modified on 7/5/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q166718
SYMPTOMS
Use of the conditional operator in the member initialization list may cause the following error:
RESOLUTION
Initialize the members in the function code instead of in the initialization list.
-or-
Modify the order in which the variables are declared. For example, with the following sample the error only occurs if you attempt to initialize the second variable rather than the first variable.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been corrected in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 1.
For additional information about the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
170365 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why
MORE INFORMATION
Sample Code
/*Compiler options needed : none */
class B {
char *_s[20];
public:
~B();
B(char const * = 0);
};
class D {
public:
D(B& rB, int i);
private:
B m_b1;
B m_b2;
};
D::D(B& rB, int i)
: m_b2(i ? rB : 0)
{} // Error is on this line.
Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbvs97sp1fix kbcode kbcompiler KB166718
