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gpuguy
gpuguy

Reputation: 4585

Is this a semantic error or the syntax error ?

#include "stdio.h"

int main( )
{


    int x, y;

    y=x(5);
    return 0;
}

MSVC 2010 compiler gives the following error: 

Error   1   error C2064: term does not evaluate to a function taking 1 arguments    c:\users\ae\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\text\text\text.cpp    13

2   IntelliSense: expression must have (pointer-to-) function type  c:\users\ae\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\text\text\text.cpp    13

Is this a semantic error or the syntax error ?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 2637

Answers (4)

user
user

Reputation: 130

It would clear the syntax analysis pass because it just check weather there any syntax error or not. I mean y=x(5); ,

it says that 5 in passed in function x and value returned to y.

but, the meaning is not assigned at parsing time that x is a integer variable not procedure. So, on semantic analysis when logical meanings are assigned it come to know this is not possible.

So, considering this as logical error we can say that is semantic error.

Upvotes: 2

Kerrek SB
Kerrek SB

Reputation: 477378

I'd say it's a semantic error, specifically, a type error. The token sequence y = x(5) is well formed, and the x(5) part is parsed as a function call expression. The error is that x does not evaluate to a function pointer, but rather to an int.

Upvotes: 4

sandymatt
sandymatt

Reputation: 5612

Semantic. It would be legit c syntax if x was a function that took 1 argument -- but it's just an int.

It'd be a syntax error if you did this:

int x, y;

y=x((5;
return 0;

Upvotes: 4

user207421
user207421

Reputation: 310980

If it was a syntax error it would say so. It's a semantic error. It's all about the meanings of the identifiers in your code.

Upvotes: 2

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