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Is it me or the VS compiler sucks?

elite

elite

Oldie moldie
I was trying to compile a simple source code I made, but it didn't with a heck load of errors.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class Employee
{int Age;
public:
int GetAge();
void SetAge(int age);
}

int Employee::GetAge()
{return Age;}

void Employee::SetAge(int age)
{
Age=age;
}

main()
{Employee elite;
elite.SetAge(16);
cout<< "elite is an Employee who is " << elite.GetAge() <<" years old.";
}

Error 1 error C2628: 'Employee' followed by 'int' is illegal (did you forget a ';'?) c:\users\elite\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\sal\sal\sal.cpp 11 1 sal
Error 2 error C2556: 'Employee Employee::GetAge(void)' : overloaded function differs only by return type from 'int Employee::GetAge(void)' c:\users\elite\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\sal\sal\sal.cpp 12 1 sal
Error 3 error C2371: 'Employee::GetAge' : redefinition; different basic types c:\users\elite\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\sal\sal\sal.cpp 12 1 sal
Error 4 error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '}' c:\users\elite\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\sal\sal\sal.cpp 15 1 sal
Error 5 error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int c:\users\elite\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\sal\sal\sal.cpp 18 1 sal
Error 6 error C2264: 'Employee::GetAge' : error in function definition or declaration; function not called c:\users\elite\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\sal\sal\sal.cpp 20 1 sal

Is there any specific thing I have to add to correctly compile it? I see this compiler is harder to use than any other compiler.
 
elite

elite

Oldie moldie
How the hell did I miss that? xD I think I owe VS an apology. :p

After I placed the semi colon, an error popped out when compiling which indicated that I can't leave main() without a type. Is this true for all compilers? The book I am using states it without type.

Another thing, what's the best compiler?
 
amrcidiot

amrcidiot

MFM Survivor
VS, at least for me, has been a pretty solid compiler.
And yeah, leaving main() without a type, such as int, will give some errors.
My C++ professor gave us a link that has some helpful knowledge in it, I'll search around later and let you know.
 
S

SilverSpring

New Member
It is true for standards-conforming compilers. Whichever book you are using obviously isn't teaching you Standard C.

The Standard ONLY allows for:

int main(void)

not

main()

not even

int main()

but

int main(void)

Regarding "best" compiler, it's hard to say no to a free open source compiler like GCC.

EDIT: oh I forgot, you are using C++. But AFAIK the C++ Standard should say the same thing.
 
slicer4ever

slicer4ever

Coding random shit
yes, u NEED to return a type in any function that you make(unless it's a void function), not only is it good coding practice, it's also required in most, if not all, compilers.
 
LocutusEstBorg

LocutusEstBorg

Active Member
Does anyone program in C++ anymore? Aside from performance critical applications and games? I find it a NIGHTMARE compared to Java to make anything remotely complex in C++ due to the lack of libraries and the overall low level of Windows API calls. I dare not use anything other than C for a native application in Visual Studio, and C# .NET for desktop applications. C++ .NET is an extremely mangled and convoluted language requiring all kinds of intricate knowledge about the .NET data types and casting/wrapping.
 
ultimakillz

ultimakillz

Teh Fett Mawn
from what my professors told me, its used a lot "in the industry", but many of the jobs im seeing now-a-days are requiring java, or a visual language like c#. but c++ is still widely used in the software industry.
 
angelsniper45

angelsniper45

New Member
I dont know anything about C++, but I have done a LOT of C#. I use VS and VS only. I have tried others out there, but VS has definitely been the best for me at least. No matter how complex the program was.
 
ultimakillz

ultimakillz

Teh Fett Mawn
thats because c# is a visual language. it would be very difficult (if not impossible, ive never actually tried) to write a c# program in a text editor and then compile it, like you can with c++. vs has lots of bells and whistles that are good for some languages, but not for others. like SilverSpring said, as far as c/c++ is concerned, you really cant beat free & go with gcc/g++.
 
ultimakillz

ultimakillz

Teh Fett Mawn
lol, guess i should have read the article completely before using it as a reference :argh: im not sure that i agree with that completely. anyone who has programmed in c# knows that you can build and modify the program graphically, but i guess the fact that those changes are also textually represented in code means that c# is not a visual programming language by its strictest definition.

anyway, the point i was trying to make originally was that visual studio is good for languages that have graphical elements (such as c#).
 
angelsniper45

angelsniper45

New Member
ultimakillz said:
lol, guess i should have read the article completely before using it as a reference :argh: im not sure that i agree with that completely. anyone who has programmed in c# knows that you can build and modify the program graphically, but i guess the fact that those changes are also textually represented in code means that c# is not a visual programming language by its strictest definition.

anyway, the point i was trying to make originally was that visual studio is good for languages that have graphical elements (such as c#).
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Um. By that they mean editing the resources, you are probably thinking of Visual Basic. And of course by resouces i mean anything from .bmp to .fx files. (and .fx files are code, so im not trying to go douchebag, but i dont really consider C# a visual language :)
 
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