most-vexing-parse

Most vexing parse This is related to what is known as “C++’s most vexing parse”. Basically, anything that can be interpreted by the compiler as a function declaration will be interpreted as a function declaration. Another instance of the same problem: std::ifstream ifs(“file.txt”); std::vector<T> v(std::istream_iterator<T>(ifs), std::istream_iterator<T>()); v is interpreted as a declaration of function with … Read more