On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 10:51 +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The following code fragment is now causing problems under gcc 4.0.1
> > Everything is perfect under "gcc version 3.4.3"
> > Any recommended work-arounds?
> > ================= code fragment======================================
> > #ifndef __LOC_PV_FACTORY_H__
> > #define __LOC_PV_FACTORY_H__
> >
> > line 10 --> #include "pv_factory.h"
> > line 11 -->
> > line 12 --> class LOC_PV_Factory : public PV_Factory
> > line 13 --> {
> > line 14 --> public:
> > line 15 --> LOC_PV_Factory();
> > line 16 --> ~LOC_PV_Factory();
> > line 17 --> ProcessVariable *create(const char *PV_name);
> > line 18 --> private:
> > line 19 --> friend class LOC_ProcessVariable;
> > line 20 --> static void forget(LOC_ProcessVariable *pv);
> > line 21 --> };
>
> GCC was incorrectly accepting this code.
So is this a bug that is now fixed or is bad coding practices getting
caught with a stricter GCC distribution?
> You should add a declaration
> of class LOC_ProcessVariable outside class LOC_PV_Factory, either
> through its include file or with a forward declaration ("class
> LOC_ProcessVariable;").
Awesome. Now everything works for me.
>
> By the way, the correct list to ask would have been [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (this one is for development "of" GCC, not "with" GCC).
>
Sounds good. I will subscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for your help and response,
Ernesto
> Paolo
