[cfe-dev] [clang++][c++11] complier problems about "ranged-based for"

[James Dennett]

On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 2:32 AM, ZhangXiongpang <zhangxiongpang at gmail.com> wrote:
> James Dennett wrote
>>> In case (1), where "begin" and "end" are looked up as class members,
>>> C++ doesn't allow the syntax object.TypeName,
>
> I know C++ doesn't allow the syntax "object.TypeName",
> but the "object"(__begin) is a also a function object,
> it is callable. so why not treat the object as a function?

I'm sorry, I don't understand your question.  Are you talking about
the case of your test (3), which compiles successfully (as it should),
or something else?

> James Dennett wrote
>>> In case (2), "begin" and "end" are found via argument-dependent
>>> lookup, which only finds function (and function template) names.
>
> I'm confused that if standard only permit implement to find function,
> why not explicitly saying that "begin" and "end" shall be functions?

Because it doesn't need to.  The Standard is not a tutorial, and tries
to avoid redundancy.

-- James