Can't get compiler to let me be terrible

[Lv0f92yv]

Hi all, I want to try to do some funky terribleness to allow user to call a function with no parameters.

Basically, the compiler errors on this:

void printlist(Node* c = NULL, int a = 0xFF);

In case you're wondering how terrible it gets,

void printlist(Node* c = NULL, int a = 0xFF) {
    if (a == 0xFF) //this is my bad way of doing something bad. deal with it.
        c = t->root;
    printlist(c->left, 1);
    cout << "word: " << c->data << "\n";
    printlist(c->right, 1);
}

The error:

main.cpp: In function 'void printlist(Node*, int)':
main.cpp:127:44: error: default argument given for parameter 1 of 'void printlist(Node*, int)'
main.cpp:29:6: error: after previous specification in 'void printlist(Node*, int)'

I'm using netbeans with minSYS and minGW. Is this sort of thing simply not allowed because it is so terrible?

[Lv0f92yv]

Sorry... failblog entry for me.

Fix was simple - use proper syntax (don't do the assignment in the definition... poof)

Also - there was no base case for that function.