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Integer literal as parameters of function declaration in cpp

Time:03-11

I'm almost familiar with c and c programming. Today I was searching about function declaration when I suddenly came across a strange syntax in c language.
I wrote below code:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int foo('3');
int bar(3);
int main(){
    
}

I've never seen defining the literals as function parameters! So I expected to get compile error when I compile this program:

$ g   file.cpp

But it compiled without any problem!
So I'm curious to know what's the meaning and usage of int foo('3'); and int bar(3); lines?

CodePudding user response:

It means int foo = '3'; and int bar = 3; respectively.

But it's not exactly equivalent, e.g. with classes = doesn't permit explicit constructors.

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