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Cray Standard C/C++ Dialects [B]
• extern inline functions are not supported.
• Covariant return types on overriding virtual functions are not supported.
B.2 C++ Anachronisms Accepted
C++ anachronisms are enabled by using the -h anachronisms command
line option (see Section 2.4.7, page 11). When anachronisms are enabled, the
following anachronisms are accepted:
• overload is allowed in function declarations. It is accepted and ignored.
• Definitions are not required for static data members that can be initialized by
using the default initialization. The anachronism does not apply to static data
members of template classes; they must always be defined.
• The number of elements in an array can be specified in an array delete
operation. The value is ignored.
• A single operator++() and operator--() function can be used to
overload both prefix and postfix operations.
• The base class name can be omitted in a base class initializer if there is only
one immediate base class.
• Assignment to the this pointer in constructors and destructors is allowed.
This is only allowed if anachronisms are enabled and the assignment to
this configuration parameter is enabled.
• A bound function pointer (a pointer to a member function for a given object)
can be cast to a pointer to a function.
• A nested class name may be used as a nonnested class name if no other
class of that name has been declared. The anachronism is not applied to
template classes.
• A reference to a non-const type may be initialized from a value of a different
type. A temporary is created, it is initialized from the (converted) initial value,
and the reference is set to the temporary.
• A reference to a non-const class type may be initialized from an rvalue of
the class type or a derived class thereof. No (additional) temporary is used.
• A function with old-style parameter declarations is allowed and can
participate in function overloading as though it were prototyped. Default
argument promotion is not applied to parameter types of such functions
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