This chapter describes diagnostic messages generated by the SAS/C C++ Development System and SAS/C C++ Cross-Platform Development System. Translator diagnostics identify program errors such as missing or misplaced tokens, extraneous tokens, and type mismatches but cannot tell you whether your programming logic is correct.
Each diagnostic includes the message number and text, the error level (for example, ERROR or WARNING), an explanation of the message, and if possible, a solution.
C++ diagnostics have the form
LSCT[num] [severity]: [message text]If the translator generates one or more error messages, the source program is incorrect and translation is terminated without producing a compiled output file. Warning messages, on the other hand, indicate potential problems which may not affect how the program is compiled, linked, and executed.
You should fix the errors in the order they appear on your display or listing. Sometimes a single error in your program can result in multiple error messages. The translator attempts to pinpoint the line number in which the error occurred, but occasionally, the error may occur in a line before the line number given by the translator.
Note: Some messages refer you to additional information in the reference section of Bjarne Stroustrup's The C++ Programming Language, Second Edition (CPL2).
The C++ message prefix LSCT has been omitted from the descriptions below.
ERROR: Illegal token.
ERROR: Can't find file: [filename].
#include directive cannot be found.
ERROR: Invalid filename.
#include directive must be enclosed in double quotes
("") or angle
brackets (<>).
ERROR: End of file encountered in comment.
WARNING: Invalid escape sequence.
ERROR: Illegal preprocessor directive.
WARNING: Extra token(s) after preprocessor directive.
#if, #else, or #endif directive has been followed by some text not within a
comment.
ERROR: Missing identifier in preprocessor context.
#if defined instead of #if defined myfunc, this message
is issued.
ERROR/WARNING: Redefinition of preprocessor symbol: [symbol].
ERROR: Missing ')' in macro call.
ERROR: Missing argument to preprocessor macro.
ERROR: Missing comma in preprocessor expression.
ERROR: Illegal operator in preprocessor context.
ERROR: Missing operand in preprocessor context.
ERROR: Illegal expression in preprocessor context.
ERROR: Preprocessor number not a true number.
ERROR: Integer required in preprocessor expression.
ERROR: Extra #else or #elif.
#else or #elif directive has been found without a matching #if directive.
ERROR: Extra #endif.
#if directive.
ERROR: Invalid #line format.
#line directive. The form of the #line
directive is
#line number "string"where
number must be an integer constant and "string"
must be enclosed in double quotes.
ERROR: Missing parenthesis in preprocessor expression.
ERROR: Illegal use of # operator.
ERROR: #error directive.
#error directive. This message is issued whenever
a #error directive is encountered.
ERROR: Illegal ## expression.
## operator is missing. This may happen if the
## expression begins or ends the line.
ERROR: Illegal operand of ## operator.
## expression is not an identifier. You may have misspelled the
identifier.
ERROR/WARNING: Unterminated string or character constant.
WARNING: No [filename] include file directories specified.
ERROR: Character literals must contain at least one character.
ERROR: Unterminated preprocessor conditional.
#elif directive) was pending. One or more #endif directives are missing.
ERROR: Integer value out of range.
ERROR: Constant too large for [data-type].
ERROR: Illegal use of ## operator.
## operator was not a valid preprocessor
token. This may occur, for instance, when an operator token is
pasted to an identifier token.
Warning: More than two filename arguments (extras ignored): [filename].
Warning: Invalid [option-type] option (ignored): [option-name].
WARNING: No such message #[message-number], in option [option-name]. Option (ignored).
WARNING: Cannot negate the [option-name] option (ignored).
ERROR: Cannot [operation] the [file-type] file named '[filename]'.
ERROR: Cannot construct the default [operation] filename from the [operation] filename '[filename]'.
WARNING: Option [option-name] ignored because it is incompatible with option [option-name].
ERROR: Cannot use output file [filename] because it has a record length of one(1).
WARNING: Invalid SNAME: [section-name].
ERROR: Invalid [filename] fileid: [id].
ERROR/WARNING: Syntax error [more-explanation].
Because any #pragma not recognized by an implementation must be ignored,
diagnostics pertaining to #pragma map and #pragma linkage are issued as
warnings rather than errors. However, you should treat them as errors because no action is
taken on a faulty #pragma of this sort.
ERROR: Newline within string or character literal.
ERROR: Bad character in input [hex-number].
WARNING: Asterisk found as first character of C++ style comment.
WARNING: C style comment starting on line line-number never ends.
ERROR: '[identifier]' not declared.
ERROR: No such class: '[identifier]'.
:: operator or in a base-specifier-list.
ERROR: 'struct' or 'class' used on 'enum [identifier]'.
enum tag, but the keyword struct or class was used
instead of enum.
ERROR: 'enum' used on 'class [identifier]'.
enum was used
instead of struct or class.
ERROR: '[identifier]' previously declared to be a [type-name].
ERROR: '[identifier]' redefined.
ERROR: Scoped declaration in parameter list.
:: operator cannot be used in parameter lists.
ERROR: Label '[label-name]' not defined.
goto
statement in the previous
function, but the label was never defined in the function. Labels are defined in a function
using the label : statement notation.
ERROR: Label '[label-name]' previously defined.
ERROR: Repeated keyword or type name: '[keyword]'.
ERROR: Conflicting keywords or type names: '[keyword-1]' and '[keyword-2]'.
ERROR: Must be integral, pointer, or member pointer.
?: operator and as the test for the if, while, do while,
and for statements.
ERROR: Must be integral.
case label
and in the test expression of a switch statement.
ERROR: No such conversion: to ([type]) from ([type] ).
ERROR: Expression is not modifiable.
ERROR: Invalid use of '&' address-of operator. [object].
ERROR: Cannot initialize [variable] with [initializer].
ERROR: Preprocessor error.
ERROR: Unexpected end of file.
WARNING: A non-lvalue array was converted to a pointer.
operator [] should not be applied
to it because operator [] requires a pointer. Also the array should not
be assigned to a pointer variable. If you want only to access the array,
you may ignore this warning. However, if you want to alter the value of
an array element, you should treat this message as an error.
ERROR: The base name '[class-1]' is ambiguous in class '[class-2]'.
ERROR: Conversion from a virtual base class '[class-name]' to a derived class is not allowed.
ERROR: Ambiguous conversion to integral type from 'class [class-name]'.
ERROR: Ambiguous conversion to pointer from 'class [class-name]'.
ERROR: Ambiguous conversion to testable from 'class [class-name]'.
ERROR: Ambiguous conversion to derived member pointer.
ERROR: Ambiguous conversion of overloaded function pointer.
ERROR: Ambiguous conversion to class.
ERROR: Ambiguous conversion.
ERROR: Ambiguous function call.
ERROR: Overloaded functions '[function-1]' and '[function-2]' used ambiguously in conditional expression.
?:). These overloaded functions have more
than one function type in common. Cast one or both operands to the
desired function pointer or member function pointer type.
ERROR: Ambiguous common base class: [class-name].
ERROR: Ambiguous member name: [member-name].
ERROR: Non-static member '[member-name]' must be used with dot, arrow, or address-of operator.
-static members can be used only in the following contexts:
&class-name::member-name)
sizeof or offsetof expression
-static member function of a class that contains or inherits the member
(where the this-> operation is implied).
ERROR: Value of an undefined class cannot be used.
ERROR: An array may not be the target of an assignment.
ERROR: A function may not be the target of an assignment.
ERROR: Cannot [operation] a pointer to [type].
void, a function
pointer, or a pointer to an undefined class. Nor can you use the
indirection operator (*) on a pointer to void or a pointer to an
undefined class. The error message explains which of these mistakes you
have made.
ERROR: Typedef names cannot be declared in parameter lists.
typedef name has been encountered in a parameter list. Move the definition of the
typedef name outside the parameter list (that is, to file scope).
ERROR: Cannot take the address of a member of virtual base class.
ERROR: Invalid initializer.
ERROR: Invalid use of void.
void.
ERROR: Cast to undefined class not allowed.
dynamic_cast, when casting to a class pointer, the class type
must be previously defined.
ERROR: Cannot find offset into non-class.
ERROR: Cannot find offset into undefined class.
ERROR: Invalid use of the scope operator.
:: can be used only in such expressions as
C3::mem or
C1::C2::C3::mem, where C1 is a class in which class C2
is declared, C3 is a class
declared in C2, and mem is a member of C3.
ERROR: Cannot find the offset of 'object'.
char, and its
number of bits may not comprise an integral number of chars, a
bitfield in C++ has no size.
ERROR: Cannot find offset because class '[class-name]' has no member named '[member-name]'.
ERROR: Cannot take the size of an undefined class.
ERROR: Cannot dereference pointer to undefined class.
ERROR: No such constructor.
ERROR: '[identifier]' previously declared as [type-1]. Cannot be defined as [type-2].
union specifier cannot be defined using
struct or class.
Similarly, a name declared as struct or class
cannot be defined using union.
ERROR: No such member '[member-name]'.
ERROR: Member '[member-name]' redeclared.
ERROR: '[identifier]' not a definable member.
ERROR: 'this' may occur only in a (non-static) member function.
this keyword outside the context of a non-static member
function.
ERROR: Cannot create a new value of a function.
new operator cannot be applied to a function type. Functions cannot be allocated by
means of the new operator.
ERROR: Cannot create a new value of a reference.
new operator cannot be applied to a reference type. Because a reference type is not an
object, a pointer to it could not be returned by operator new.
ERROR: Cannot create a new instance of an undefined class.
new operator can be applied
to it to create a new
instance of the class.
ERROR: Missing array size in expression.
ERROR: Class '[class-name]' has no default constructor.
operator new to allocate an array of class objects
if the class does not
have a default constructor.
ERROR: Cannot initialize new array.
new operator cannot be initialized
by specifying a
brace-enclosed initializer list.
ERROR: Cannot delete an object of an undefined class.
delete operator cannot be applied to an object whose class
has not been defined.
ERROR: Length expression of array must be integral.
ERROR: No match for call to function or overloaded operator.
ERROR: Missing constructor body.
ERROR: Non-virtual functions '[function-name]' cannot be declared pure.ERROR: Uninitialized const identifier.
ERROR: Uninitialized const identifier or reference: [identifier].
extern specifier has been used
ERROR: Const identifier or reference member '[member-name]' must be initialized.
const identifier or reference must be initialized explicitly. This
message is caused by a constructor for a class with a const or
reference member where the const or reference member is not
initialized with a mem-initializer in the constructor.
This message is also output for aggregate initialization of a structure
that does not initialize a reference member.
ERROR: Member '[member-name]' must have initializer, class `[class-name]' has no default constructor.
For example, if the type of X::a is a class with a constructor
(but no default constructor) you receive this message if you omit the
a(10) in the following code:
X::X() : a(10), b(11)
{ . . . }
ERROR: Base '[class-name]' must have initializer, class '[class-name]' has no default constructor.
For example, if b is a base class of X and is a
class with a constructor (but no default
constructor), you receive this message if you omit the
b(11) in the following code:
X::X() : a(10), b(11)
{ . . . }
ERROR: Virtual base class '[class-name]' must have initializer since class has no default constructor.
ERROR: '[identifier]' is not a direct base class or member of class '[class-name]'.
ERROR: Member access through protected base class not allowed for '[member-name]'.
ERROR: Member access through private base class not allowed for '[member-name]'.
ERROR: Base access through protected base class not allowed.
ERROR: Base access through private base class not allowed.
ERROR: Cannot access protected member '[member-name]'.
member-name
is not in a function or
initializer that has access to it. Because member-name is protected,
only functions of the following
types have access to member-name:
member-name
member-name.
ERROR: Cannot access private member '[member-name]'.
member-name is not in a
function or initializer that has access to it. Because member-name is private,
only functions that are members or friends of the class that declared
member-name have access to member-name. Initializers for members of a class have the
same access privileges as functions of that class.
ERROR: Virtual function '[function-name]' declared in virtual base '[class-name]' must be overridden.
ERROR: Parameter of type 'void'.
void.
ERROR: Default argument expression missing.
ERROR: Multiple declarations of function specifying default arguments.
ERROR: Arrays cannot contain elements of type 'void'.
void.
ERROR: Arrays cannot contain bitfields.
ERROR: Arrays cannot contain functions.
ERROR: Functions cannot return functions.
ERROR: Functions cannot return arrays.
ERROR: Functions cannot return bitfields.
ERROR: Functions cannot return undefined classes.
ERROR: Pointers cannot point to references.
ERROR: Pointers cannot point to bitfields.
ERROR: References cannot refer to references.
ERROR: References cannot refer to bitfields.
ERROR: References cannot refer to objects of type 'void'.
void objects, so there cannot be a reference to one.
ERROR: Member pointers cannot point to bitfields.
ERROR: Member pointers cannot point to references.
ERROR: Member pointers cannot point to objects of type 'void'.
void objects, a pointer cannot point to one.
ERROR: Bitfields must be of integral type.
ERROR: Overloaded functions with indistinguishable arguments.
WARNING: K&R C style function definition.
suppress translator option to
turn it off.
ERROR: K&R C style functions cannot return classes with constructors or destructors.
ERROR: Conversion function must be a member function.
ERROR: Destructor function must be a member function.
ERROR: Conversion function '[function-name]' not correctly declared.
ERROR: Destructor function '[destructor]' not correctly declared.
void).
ERROR: Copy constructor for a class may not take an argument whose type is that class.
class ABC
by declaring a
copy constructor of the form ABC::ABC(const ABC&).
ERROR: Operator function '[function-name]' not correctly declared.
ERROR: Invalid linkage specifier.
extern keyword must be followed by a string literal
containing either "C" or "C++". This error may also be
caused by an extra or misspelled token after an extern keyword. "C" and "C++" must be specified in uppercase.
ERROR: Linkage differs from prior declaration.
ERROR: Unknown linkage convention.
"C" and "C++" linkage
conventions. Linkage to other languages must be specified using the
SAS/C language keywords. For more information on using other languages
in combination with C, see the SAS/C Compiler Interlanguage Communication Feature User's Guide.
ERROR: Missing class name.
ERROR: Repeated base class.
ERROR: Objects of abstract classes '[object-name]' cannot be declared.
ERROR: Object of type 'void'.
void.
ERROR: Static members '[member-name]' of a local class may not be initialized.
static
data members of local classes
are automatically initialized to zero.
ERROR: Cannot use undefined enum '[identifier]'.
ERROR: Enum constants '[identifier]' must be initialized with integral values.
ERROR: A class cannot be a member of itself.
ERROR: Cannot declare members of an undefined class.
ERROR: Cannot declare arrays of an undefined class.
ERROR: Cannot declare variables of an undefined class.
ERROR: Cannot initialize data members in member declaration.
-static data members must be initialized in the mem-initializer of each
constructor function. Static data members must be initialized
outside the class.
ERROR: Member function of a local class must be defined within that class: [class-name].
ERROR: Member '[member-name]' declared 'void'.
void.
ERROR: 'friend' used on non-function.
friend keyword has meaning only in function declarations inside a class.
ERROR: 'friend' can only be used inside a class.
friend keyword has meaning only in function declarations inside a class.
ERROR: Invalid syntax for access declaration.
friend keyword
friend keyword, remove the
type information, or remove the class name and scope operator, depending
upon which type of declaration you intended.
ERROR: Invalid access adjustment: '[member-name]'.
ERROR: Access cannot be changed, but only reinstated.
ERROR: Previously declared as a member in this class.
ERROR: '[class::member]' is not a member of a base class.
ERROR: Access declaration names class that is not a base of this class.
ERROR: Constructor function '[constructor]' not correctly declared.
void), and the name of the constructor must be the same as the class
name.
ERROR: Destructor function '[destructor]' not correctly declared.
void). The name of
the destructor must be a tilde (~) followed by the class name.
ERROR: Operator function '[function-name]' not correctly declared.
this argument, which counts against
this limit. So, for example, a unary operator declared as a member
function has no explicit formal parameters.
ERROR: Static functions '[function-name]' cannot be virtual.
static functions cannot be virtual. Remove the virtual keyword from the
declaration of the static function.
ERROR: Constructors '[constructor]' cannot be virtual.
ERROR: Static functions '[function-name]' cannot be used to override virtual functions.
static member function was declared to have the same name and
argument types as a virtual function inherited from a base class. Use a
different name for the static function.
ERROR: Linkage specification cannot be used in a member declaration '[member-name]'.
ERROR: Cannot define classes or enums in return types or parameter lists.
ERROR: Invalid parameter name '[parameter]'.
ERROR: Formal '[argument]' is not listed in function declaration.
ERROR: Initialized local extern '[variable]'.
ERROR: A typedef name ('[name]') cannot be initialized.
typedef names cannot contain initializers.
ERROR: Class with constructors must have an initializer.
ERROR: Cannot define classes or enums in type names.
new operators, sizeof
expressions, or offsetof expressions.
ERROR: Not a function.
ERROR: A mem-initializer may be used only within constructor functions.
ERROR: Base or member '[identifier]' re-initialized.
a(10) part appears twice:
X::X() : a(10), a(10)
{ . . . }
ERROR: Old style base initializer cannot be used on class with no bases.
X has no base classes, the following code tries to
initialize a non-existent base and generates this message:
X:: X() : (10)
{ . . . }
To correct the error, delete the (10) part.
ERROR: Old style base initializer cannot be used on class with multiple base classes.
X has more than one base, the
following code is ambiguous and generates this message:
X::X() : (10)
{ . . . }
To correct the error, insert the name of a specific base class before
the (10).
WARNING: Statement is unreachable.
ERROR: 'case' label must be within a switch statement.
case label is not allowed outside of a switch statement.
ERROR: `default' label must be within a switch statement.
default label is not allowed outside of a switch statement.
ERROR: 'continue' must be within a loop ('do', 'for', or 'while') statement.
continue statement is not allowed outside of a loop statement.
ERROR: 'break' must be within a switch or loop ('do', 'for', or 'while') statement.
break statement is valid only within switch or loop
statements.
ERROR: Missing return value.
ERROR: Return value given for constructor, destructor, or void function.
void function.
ERROR: Missing function name in function declaration.
ERROR: Illegal formal declaration list in prototype function definition.
ERROR: Formal '[argument]' must be declared in function header identifier list.
ERROR: Expression in array declarator must be constant expressions.
ERROR: Expression in array declarator must be integral.
ERROR: Expression in array declarator must be positive.
ERROR: Map directive does not match prior directive.
ERROR: Invalid bitfield size.
ERROR: Cannot use undefined class '[class-name]' as base class.
ERROR: Missing declaration-specifier.
ERROR: Illegal use of '[item]' in local member function.
static variables,
extern variables and
functions, and enumeration constants only from the enclosing scope.
ERROR: A class cannot be derived from a union ['union-name'].
ERROR: A union ['union-name'] cannot be derived from another class.
ERROR: Constant expression contains a division by zero (0).
ERROR: Cannot take the size of a function.
ERROR: Cannot take the size of a bitfield.
ERROR: Cannot take the size of void.
void objects, you cannot take the size of one.
ERROR: Cannot take the size of array with unspecified length.
WARNING: Cannot jump into a block to a label after a declaration having an initializer.
goto statement to jump into a block if the
destination label occurs after a declaration has been initialized.
Should such a jump occur, the object in question would not be
initialized but could be referenced in subsequent code.
ERROR: Overloaded member functions '[function-name]' may not be both static and non-static.
static
or non-static.
ERROR: Function hides a virtual function from base class.
ERROR: Overriding virtual function '[function-name]' has different return type.
ERROR: Arrays cannot contain references.
ERROR: Previous declaration of function had different return type.
ERROR: Cannot have two extern "C" functions with same name '[name]'.
extern "C".
ERROR: Previous declaration differed in the use of __builtin.
__builtin keyword.
All must have it, or none must have it.
ERROR: [object-type] '[expression]' cannot be used in default argument expressions.
-static members, formal parameters, and automatic variables
cannot be used in
default argument expressions.
ERROR: Ambiguous use of keyword.
ERROR: Keyword can only be used on functions.
virtual and
inline can
be used only in function declarations.
ERROR/WARNING: '[keyword]' cannot be applied to [object-type].
auto to the definition of a class (although auto can be applied
to the definition of an object whose type is that class). Depending
upon the combination of keywords in question, this may be treated as a
warning or an error.
ERROR: Previous declaration was not static.
-static and later declared static.
ERROR: Function declared 'inline' after first use.
ERROR: Prototypes can only be specified for C, C++, and __asm functions.
ERROR: Only C, C++, and __asm functions can be overloaded.
ERROR: Member functions must be C++ functions.
ERROR: Keyword can only be used on function pointers.
__local and __remote can be used only
on function pointers.
ERROR: A declaration must declare something.
ERROR: [function-name] cannot have '[storage-type]' storage class.
const or volatile
cannot also be declared static.
WARNING: Extra comma at end of enumeration list.
WARNING: Enum value: [value] is used for both '[enum-1]' and '[enum-2]'.
enum constants in the same enumeration type have the same value. This
may be what you intended; the warning is given in case it is not
intended.
ERROR: Cannot overload 'main' or '_dynamn'.
main nor _dynamn can be overloaded.
ERROR: Cannot call or take the address of 'main'.
main cannot be called, nor can its address be taken.
ERROR: 'main' cannot be 'storage-type'.
static or inline.
ERROR: Anonymous classes cannot have constructors or destructors.
ERROR: Destructor names '[destructor]' must be the same as their class names '[class]'.
ERROR: Expression in array declarator must not be negative.
ERROR: Cannot allocate array of class '[class-name]' with no default constructor.
new operator, the class must have a default
constructor.
ERROR: Invalid constructor given for member '[member-name]'.
ERROR: '[operand-1]' and '[operand-2]' are not compatible types for conditional operator.
ERROR: [type-1] [operator] [type-2]: Invalid type for binary operator.
ERROR: '[operand]' is of invalid type for postfix operator '[operator]'.
ERROR/WARNING: '[operator]' is invalid for operand type '[operand]'.
ERROR: '[object]' is of invalid type for call operator.
ERROR: Invalid pointer conversion from '[type-1]' to '[type-2'].
WARNING: Non-const and/or non-volatile member function called with const and/or volatile object.
-const member function for a const object or a non-volatile member function for a -volatile object, but because many other compilers fail to diagnose
this error, SAS/C C++ treats it as a warning. Ignoring this warning
allows non-const functions to change data declared as
const.
WARNING: Non-constant reference ([reference]) bound to a non-lvalue.
-const but has
been initialized with something that
is not an lvalue.
ERROR: Cannot take size of pointer to overloaded function '[function-name]'.
sizeof cannot be applied to such a pointer.
WARNING: Address of temporary taken by casting to reference, ([reference]).
ERROR: Error writing to output file: [filename].
stderr may contain library messages with additional
information about the error.
ERROR: Inline member function does not end.
ERROR: Static function '[function-name]' was not defined.
static
but has not been defined in this source file.
ERROR: Global anonymous unions must be static.
static.
ERROR: Anonymous unions may not have function members.
union,
struct, or class.
ERROR: Anonymous unions may not have private or protected members.
union, struct, or class.
ERROR: '[identifier]' redeclared in anonymous union.
ERROR: An anonymous union cannot be declared as a static member.
ERROR: Cannot load special character table '[table-name]'.
ERROR: Conflicting declaration of name '[identifier]' reserved for [purpose].
ERROR: Cannot initialize a function '[function-name]'.
ERROR: Static members [member-name] cannot be initialized by a mem-initializer.
Static members should be initialized by the definition of the static
member outside the class. For example, this message is issued if you use
the following code and a is a static member:
X::X() : a(10)
{ . . . }
ERROR: Enum constants [identifier] cannot be initialized by a mem-initializer.
Enum constants should be initialized inside the enum
declaration, as they are in C. For
example, this message is issued if a is an enumeration constant:
X::X() : a(10)
{ . . . }
ERROR: Types must match in a destructor expression:
(<object-type>)<destructor-type>
->
) of the left operand of the .
or ->
expression. This message is also output for class destructors
when the destructor is specified as an unqualified name (i.e.
"object.type_name") and the specified type does not match the
object type.
ERROR: Cannot create a new value of a void.
new operator cannot be applied to void. Because
void is not an object type, a
pointer to it could not be returned by operator new.
ERROR: Loop in -> operators.
ERROR: A linkage-specification may occur only in file scope.
ERROR: Cannot define a type in return or argument types.
struct tag) cannot be defined in
an argument list or in the
specification of the return type.
ERROR: [object] may not have the same name as its class.
static data member, enumeration, member of an anonymous union,
or a nested type cannot have the same name as its class.
ERROR: An overloaded operator '[operator]' cannot have default arguments.
int operator + (int=3,int=4) is not a valid
declaration.
ERROR: Invalid use of abstract class: [class-name].
ERROR: An object of a class with an [object-type] may not be a member of a union.
union. For more information,
refer to CPL2 r.9.5.
ERROR: Error declaring 'new': [reason].
operator new must have a return type of void*.
Its first argument is required and
must be of type size_t. For more information, refer to CPL2 r.12.5.
ERROR: Error declaring 'delete': [reason].
delete function must have return type void.
Its first argument must be of type
void* and if there is a second argument, it must be of type size_t. No more than two
arguments are permitted. For more information, refer to CPL2 r.12.5.
ERROR: Initializer-clause cannot be used for class having an [object-type].
={10,2,10.2}). For more information, refer to CPL2 r.8.4.1.
ERROR: Conversion to a virtual base class '[class-name]' from a derived class is not allowed for member pointers.
ERROR: Cannot return [attempted-return-type] from function returning [declared-return-type].
ERROR: Function '[function-name]' has an initializer.
ERROR: Character array [array-name] too short for string of length [string-length].
ERROR: Too many initializers for [array-name]: found [num] initializers.
ERROR: Too many initializers for [class-name].
ERROR: Left operand of '[operator]' must be [type].
ERROR: Type '[type]' is invalid for the left operand of '[operator]'.
ERROR: Case label value must be a constant expression.
case label.
ERROR: Duplicate case label value.
case label occurs more than once within a switch statement.
ERROR: More than one default.
default label in a single switch statement.
ERROR: [symbol-name] is not an enum.
enum keyword,
but is not an enumeration.
ERROR: [symbol-name] is not a class, struct, or union.
class, struct,
or union keyword, but is not a class, struct,
or union.
WARNING: Wide and narrow character strings concatenated, using [width].
L"abc";
narrow characters strings are the usual
"abc". These two types of strings should not be
concatenated together. For example,
neither of the following statements are valid:
"abc" L"def" L"abc" "def"If the first string in the concatenation is wide, the translator treats the result as a wide string. Similarly, if the first string is narrow, the translator treats the result as narrow.
WARNING: Missing return statement.
return statement is missing at the end of
the outer block of a function and a return
value is required.
WARNING: Zero-length array used.
class, struct, and
union) as an extension of standard C and C++. This message is only to
warn you about the use of this extension. If you do not want to see this
warning, use the suppress translator option to turn it off.
ERROR: Floating point value out of range.
ERROR/WARNING: [data-type-1] initialized with [data-type-2].
int has been used to initialize a char. If the
initializer is a constant whose value is too large to be represented by
the shorter type, this is an error. If the initializer is a variable,
this is a warning. (If the value of a constant initialization can be
represented by the shorter type, neither a warning nor an error is
issued.)
ERROR/WARNING: [data-type-1] assigned to [data-type-2].
long has been assigned to a short. If the value assigned is a
constant which is too large to be represented by the shorter type, this
is an error. If the assigned type is a variable, this is a warning. (If
the value of an assigned constant can be represented by the shorter
type, neither a warning nor an error is issued.)
ERROR/WARNING: [sign-type-1 data-type-1] assigned to [sign-type-2 data-type-2].
long has been assigned to an unsigned long),
or conversely, an unsigned data type has been assigned to a signed data
type of the same size (for example, an unsigned int has been assigned to
an int). If the assigned value is a constant that cannot be represented
correctly by the type to which it is assigned, an error results.
Otherwise, the message is a warning.
ERROR: A function definition [name] requires an explicit parameter list.
typedef int F(int);
F foo
{
return 10; }
WARNING: Implicit conversion of member function [name] to a member pointer.
WARNING: Symbol [name] was not used.
WARNING: Variable [name] used before being initialized.
WARNING: Symbol [symbol] was initialized but never referenced.
ERROR: Return type of 'operator [new | delete]' cannot be changed after it has been used.
new and
operator delete functions. A program may declare its own versions
of these operator functions with differing return types from those
in the library, but this must be done before any use of these
operator functions.
new
and delete before using their operators.
ERROR: [name] must be a function, not a [type].
ERROR: [data-type] may not use ellipsis ('...').
new.
ERROR: [name] must return a [type1] not a [type2].
ERROR:'operator new's first argument must be a 'size_t'.
new must be a function returning a void pointer.
Its first argument must be a size_t.
ERROR: 'operator delete's first and only argument must be a 'void *'.
delete must be a function returning void. Its first and
only argument must be a void pointer.
ERROR: Previous declaration of [name] was [attribute1], this declaration is [attribute2].
Note:
For some attributes, C++ will apply a default if the attribute
is not explicitly specified in the declaration. A declaration with
a specific keyword may conflict with a previous declaration with no
keyword, depending on the current defaults. Which defaults are applied
by C++ depend upon the specific attribute and the user supplied options.
For example, if a previous declaration specified __rent, the
current declaration for the same symbol cannot specify __norent.
Declarations must be consistent.
ERROR: Previous declaration of [name] differed in the use of [attribute].
Note that for some attributes, C++ will apply a default if the attribute was not explicitly specified in the declaration. So a declaration with a specific keyword may conflict with a previous declaration with no keyword depending on the current defaults. Which defaults are applied by C++ depend upon the specific attribute and the user supplied options. The declarations should be made consistent.
ERROR: Default argument(s) of function used before they are defined.
ERROR: Invalid use of K&R C style declaration for [name].
ERROR: Bitfields cannot be static members.
struct, and make the struct a static member.
ERROR: Missing template argument list for '[template-name]'.
ERROR: Invalid template argument.
ERROR: Not enough arguments for template.
ERROR: Too many arguments for template.
ERROR: Cannot instantiate incomplete template class '[template-class]'.
ERROR: Recursive template instantiation of '[template-class]'.
ERROR: Template actual parameters cannot depend on unnamed or local types.
ERROR: Template instantiation failed for '[template]'.
WARNING: Template function not deducible.
ERROR: Template declaration has a nested class definition.
template <class T>
class C { . . . }
* func( T* ); // Error
ERROR: Scope for '[name]' does not match a class template.
template <class T, class U> class C {
class Nested { ... };
...
};
template <class X, class Y> int C<X, Y>::i = 1; // OK
template <class X, class Y> int C<X, Y>::Nested::i = 1; // OK
template <class X, class Y> int C<Y, X>::j = 0; // Error
template <class X, class Y> int C<Y, int>::k = 7; // Error
In other words, the template parameters in effect must match the
parameters from the template class declaration and the argument
list for the template scope must use the template parameters in
the original order.
ERROR: Template class member declaration must define the member.
WARNING: Statement has no effect.
ERROR: Unrecognized template declaration.
ERROR: Template argument list does not match formals.
ERROR: Multiple definitions for '[symbol]'.
ERROR: Template actual '[object]' does not have external linkage.
ERROR: Ambiguous template declarations for '[function-signature]'.
ERROR: Type members ([name]) cannot be initialized by a mem-initializer.
class, enum, or typedef name)
whose type is not a base class of
the class being constructed.
ERROR: Invalid scoped declaration in member list.
friend declarations.
ERROR: Illegal bitfield declaration.
typedef may not be used with a bitfield declaration.
ERROR: Templates may not be declared in local scopes.
ERROR: Invalid explicit template specialization.
template <>) must refer to a specialization of a previously
declared template function, template class, or static member of a
template class.
ERROR: Template function was explicitly specialized after its first use.
WARNING: Old-style template specialization.
template <>.
ERROR: Template class was specialized after it was implicitly instantiated.
ERROR: Invalid explicit template instantiation.
template but has no following template formal list)
must specify a specialization of a previously declared template
function, template class, or static member of a template class.
ERROR: No template definition for '[template]'.
ERROR: Template instantiations are too deeply nested (>[number] levels).
template <class X> class C { C<X*> c; };
C<int> x; // requires C<int>, C<int*>, C<int**>, C<int***>, ...
ERROR: Template item was both explicitly instantiated and specialized.
ERROR: Explicit instantiation of a compiler generated function.
ERROR: Static data member of a template was specialized after it was used.
WARNING: Keyword '[keyword]' is not legal in function declaration.
extern.
ERROR: Invalid scoped declaration.
ERROR: Unexpected use of template function name.
template <>.
ERROR: Unexpected initializer in an explicit template instantiation declaration.
ERROR: Elaborated name depends on a template parameter.
template <class T> void f( class T* ); // Error
ERROR: A template declaration may declare only one item.
template <class T>
void f( T* ),
g( T* ); // Error
ERROR: Unnamed class definition in a template declaration.
template <class T>
class { . . . }; // Error
ERROR: Template formal parameters cannot [type].
ERROR: Instantiation of '[name]' has type ([type]) but [type] was expected.
[name] has [type], but a
class type was expected.
A template declaration, when specialized, used a template formal dependent name in a context where a class name was expected, but the specialized type was not a class. For example:
template <class T> void f( int T::* p );
void testit()
{
f<int>( 0 ); // Error }
ERROR: Instantiated name '[name]' does not resolve to [type/scope].
[name] does not resolve to a [type/scope] name.
A template declaration, when specialized, used a template formal dependent name in a context where a scope or type name was expected, but the specialized type was not a class type. For example:
template <class T>
class C { public: int Z; };
template <class U>
void f( typename C<U>::Z* p );
void testit()
{
f<int>( 0 ); // Error, C<int>::Z is not a type }
ERROR: Incomplete template member initializer. Found unexpected '[token]'.
For example:
template <class T> struct C {
static int si; };
template <class T>
int C<T>::si = ( 5 ; // unexpected ';' due to missing ')'
The C++ translator can sometimes be confused by commas in nested
template argument lists in the initializer. Enclosing the
initializer in parentheses avoids this limitation:
template <class T> int C<T>::si = ( otherTemplate< T, T>().memFunc() );
ERROR: Template function specialization does not correspond to any template declarations.
WARNING: Missing elaborator on a friend class declaration.
ERROR: Template member declaration does not match the member '[member-name]'.
ERROR: Default arguments are not allowed on template redeclaration '[template]'.
WARNING: Dubious type specifier '[qualified-name]'. Use 'typename'
typename keyword to prefix the
qualified name. This warning could also occur because of missing
type specifiers in a declaration.
WARNING: Missing return type specifier.
int" rule of C is considered
obsolescent.
ERROR: A condition cannot specify a function or an array.
ERROR: A condition cannot declare a new class or enumeration.
ERROR: No such [conversion-specification] conversion; to ( [type] ) from ( [type] ).
static_cast to try to convert a pointer to an
integral type.
ERROR: Invalid qualifier change; to ( [qualifier] ) from ( [qualifier] ).
const_cast<> to perform the needed qualifier conversion.
ERROR: Cannot apply typeid operator to an undefined class.
ERROR: Cannot apply typeid operator to an overloaded function name.
WARNING: Polymorphic type information may not be available.
typeid or dynamic_cast was applied to a polymorphic
type, but the rtti translator option was not specified.
ERROR: Header <typeinfo> must be included before using typeid.
<typeinfo> header must be included at global scope before the
first use of the typeid operator in order to declare the
type_info class.
ERROR: Dynamic_cast from undefined class pointer not allowed.
ERROR: Polymorphic class object required.
dynamic_cast to convert to a void pointer type, the
source type must be a pointer to a polymorphic class type. (A
polymorphic class is one that has virtual function members.) When
using dynamic_cast to convert to a class pointer type, the source
type must be a pointer to the same class, a pointer to a derived
class of the target class, or a pointer to a polymorphic class.
When using dynamic_cast to convert to a class reference, the source
type must be of the same class, a derived class of the target class,
or a polymorphic class.
ERROR: Invalid use of type member [member].
. or -> operator must
be a data or function member.
WARNING: Implicit template instantiation uses static object [object].
WARNING: Static use forces automatic template instantiation in primary module.
WARNING: Inline function [function] uses static object [object].
ERROR: Inline function [function] was used but not defined.
WARNING: Dangling temporary reference.
void example()
{
static const int& i = 5;
// temporary holding the value 5 lives until function
// return but the reference persists and is not rebound
// the next time example() is called. }
ERROR: A condition initializer must be an expression.
Ambiguous result for conditional expression.
To avoid this problem, use static_cast to be explicit
about the intended conversion.
Invalid use of non-static member function.
This error could indicate a missing call argument list or an incorrectly specified member pointer constant.
Ambiguous use of overloaded function name '<function-name>'.
static_cast.
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