expected type-specifier before '…' token

Question

expected type-specifier before '...' token

This is the code

template< typename T, int t_nFixedBytes = 128, class Allocator = CCRTAllocator >
class CTempBuffer
{
public:
    CTempBuffer() throw() :
        m_p( NULL )
    {
    }
    CTempBuffer( size_t nElements )   throw( ... ) : <---ERROR HERE
        m_p( NULL )
    {
        Allocate( nElements );
    }
...
}

Now if i get rid of the throw(...) in the above statement this error is resolved.Any suggestions on why Mingw doesnt like throw(...) here ?

Answer 1

Actually, throw(...) is not standard c++ syntax, but a MSVC++ specific extension. It just means that this function can throw any exception, which is equivalent to having no exception specification at all, so you can safely remove it.