Missing error message in g++ 3.4

[Ron House]

I found this difference in error reporting between 3.3 and 3.4; looks 
like faulty error reporting in 3.4:

Source fragment from line 879:

char datcpy[1000 * sizeof student_cl]; <-- class name should be in ()
for (int i = 0; i < ClassSize(); ++i) {
  memcpy(&((student_cl*)datcpy)[i], stud_base.rawData()+i, 
sizeof(student_cl));
}


Cygwin printout:

mark2.cpp: In function `void arrange()':
mark2.cpp:879: error: syntax error before `]' token
mark2.cpp:881: error: `datcpy' undeclared (first use this function)
mark2.cpp:881: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for
   each function it appears in.)

SCI-0022468:/cygdrive/c/assess3$ g++ --version
g++ (GCC) 3.3.1 (cygming special)


Mingw printout:

mark2.cpp: In function `void arrange()':
mark2.cpp:881: error: `datcpy' undeclared (first use this function)
mark2.cpp:881: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once 
for each
 function it appears in.)

SCI-0022468:/cygdrive/c/assess3$ g++ --version
g++.exe (GCC) 3.4.2 (mingw-special)


Clearly the mingw messages omit the extremely salient error on line 879, 
making the one it does produce look wacky, as the programmer can see the 
declaration with no apparent errors.

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