Can anybody tell me the difference between:
void virtual myFunction();
and
virtual void myFunction();
If there is any. VS doesn't give any error feedback.
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Interesting - I've never come across that first notation before. – templatetypedef Jun 26 '17 at 18:23
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Not sure if I have ever seen the first. – drescherjm Jun 26 '17 at 18:23
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2The first one has `virtual` placed after `void` and the second one has it placed before `void`. – Captain Obvlious Jun 26 '17 at 18:23
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1Did you check if there is any different behavior. It seems to me that the two parses will give the same result. Like `int const` and `const int` – Elvis Teixeira Jun 26 '17 at 18:24
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@CaptainObvlious so you're saying that there isn't any practical difference? – Rui Silva Jun 26 '17 at 18:24
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2@RuiSilva If I had to venture a guess, I'd say that either (1) this is a VS compiler quirk or (2) this is a perfectly legal variant and these mean the same thing. Curious to see which is the case. – templatetypedef Jun 26 '17 at 18:26
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1@ElvisTeixeira to the extent of my experiments, I haven't seen any difference in behavior. – Rui Silva Jun 26 '17 at 18:26
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2I am pretty sure the standard doesn't tell about two different effects for these. If the compiler accepts both, it iis probably an implementation detail. There is probably no difference, even though you should use the second by convention with most code. – Elvis Teixeira Jun 26 '17 at 18:27
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5This is legal AFAIK: http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/declarations#Specifiers – Justin Jun 26 '17 at 18:28
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2Do note that both g++ and clang also compile the first variant. I think I have seen this before and trying to find a dupe target – NathanOliver Jun 26 '17 at 18:29
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No, that's not what I'm saying at all. – Captain Obvlious Jun 26 '17 at 18:59