Question

I had some code that I developed on Ubuntu and now I am trying to compile it on Windows 7 (MS VS 2010).

vector<float> tmp;
....
tmp = {3.0,4.5,9.4};

This gives me syntax error

error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '{'

Is this because Visual studio doesn’t support this feature ? or should I be enabling some switch in the properties. I have the “Platform Toolset” property set to “v100.”

Thank you.

Answer 1

The C++0x features are enabled by default on the Visual Studio 2010 C++ compiler. It takes no extra switches for example to use lambdas, auto, etc … If you’re getting that error it’s because in all likelyhood it’s not supported.

EDIT

Based on this MSDN article, initializer lists are not one of the 6 supported features in 2010

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee336130.aspx

the Visual C++ compiler in Visual Studio 2010 enables six C++0x core language features: lambda expressions, the auto keyword, rvalue references, static_assert, nullptr and decltype