While debugging some code, I came across an array named default. I thought that keywords were not allowed as variable names.
#include 'stdafx.h' #include <stdio.h> int main() { int default = 5; printf('%d\n', default); return 0; }
Now the above code compiles without a hitch on VS 2008. Isn’t ‘default’ a keyword? How come it works as a variable name? Side-effects?
PS: Infragistics::Win::UltraWinToolbars::ToolbarsCollection has a property with this name!
It’s a known issue in VC++. Basically by-design for C++/CLI compatibility.