Question

Having an issue getting this syntax to compile using the Visual Studio Nov 2012 CTP C++ Compiler … Just wanted to be sure I wasn’t missing something obvious.

Thanks!

EDIT: Removed Header to make it even simpler.

class Location
{
public:
    Location();
};

class Shape
{
public:
    Shape();
    Shape(Location location);
};


// Doing this by pointer works ...
// Shape::Shape(Location* location){}
// Shape::Shape() : Shape(new Location()){}

Shape::Shape(Location location)
{
}

Shape::Shape()
    : Shape(Location())
    // error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before ':'
{
    // int x = 0;
    // (void) x;  // Added these two lines in some cases to get it to compile.
    // These two lines do nothing, but get around a compiler issue.
}

Answer 1

// .h Simplification
class Location
{
public:
  Location() {}
  Location(Location const& other) {}
};

class Shape
{
  Shape();
  Shape(Location location);
};

// How about by value or reference?
Shape::Shape(Location location)
{
}

Shape::Shape(void)
  : Shape(Location()) // error C1001: An internal error has occurred in the compiler.
{
}

int main() {}

The above code compiles and runs in gcc 4.7.2

I had to make a few changes to your code to make it compile. When simplifying things, try to keep the simplified code compiling. http://sscce.org/