TITLE: Reinterpreting implicit int in typedefs


[ This tip adapted from a comp.lang.c++ posting on 24 Feb 94 by
  maxtal@physics.su.OZ.AU (John Max Skaller).

  Evidently there was a C++ working group meeting in San Jose
  which changed the interpretation of the following typedef.
  Like all feature previews, this is not yet available. 

  -adc ]



typedef Float;

This means ""Float is a synomym for int" in C.

This means something completely different now in C++; it
means "Float is a type".

"The intention was for use in templates, where its sometimes
necessary to tell the compiler that a certain symbol
is a type name, but you can use it elsewhere .. 

but DONT TRY THIS ON YOUR EXISTING COMPILERS!"