“Special” error message

[ewx]

..\sys-nt.c:(789) : error C2064: term does not evaluate to a function taking -22 arguments

Comments

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

Eat the first 22 parameters from this call, and pass the remainder to this other function.

What do you mean, there weren't any to start with?!

[geekette8.livejournal.com]

I bet it was quite correct, it did not evaluate to a function taking -22 arguments.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

But if it did, would it then all Just Work? :)

[simont]

Well, I may half not want to know, but somebody's got to ask. How did you achieve that? By declaring a function with 2^n-22 arguments for some appropriately gigantic n, or by some other compiler bug?

[ewx.livejournal.com]

Actually I just missed out a comma. http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=298182 (http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=298182) has an example.

[simont]

Ah yes. We seem to be using a different version of VS here at work, and when I try it I get the disappointingly plausible "term does not evaluate to a function taking 27025512 arguments" instead.

[pjc50.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile, I'm having trouble with gdb crashing on me. I wonder if it doesn't like the 1.5G executable.