Re: [Dev-C++] Question about C++

[Peter B. <pb...@hg...>]

> Thanks for your reply. But the problem is there is a
> lot of code in the library I am using. It compiles
> using Microsoft based compilers. Let alone an error
> there is not even a single warning that is displayed
> while compiling using Microsoft based compilers.
>

Non const references can only bind to lvalues. A temporary is an rvalue.

Using code in this way requires a compiler that works the way you
expect. Or in other words: that code is not portable. As pointed out in
the postings this concerns non constant references to temporary objects.

Switch off MS specific language extensions on your MS-compiler (/Za).
What do you get now?

> I also tried compiling this code using an older
> version of GCC under Linux but there I got some other
> error. 
> 

gcc error messages may vary from version to version ;-)

Peter