From:	Anthony Appleyard <Anthony DOT Appleyard AT umist DOT ac DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	djgpp C++ (longnames version) funny with a group generator
Date:	Mon, 13 Sep 1999 15:03:52 +0100
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Compiling this program:-

 1 typedef unsigned char byte;
 2 /*----- row and column on screen */
 3 class gp_cur{public: byte c,r;
 4   inline gp_cur(byte R=0, byte C=0){c=C; r=R;};
 5   inline gp_cur(gp_cur &d){c=d.c; r=d.r;};
 6   inline void operator=(const gp_cur&d){c=d.c; r=d.r;};};
 7 /*-----*/
 8 void gp_cursor(gp_cur c) {/* blah blah waffle blah */}
 9 /*-----*/
10 main(){
11 int X,Y,dy;
12 gp_cursor(gp_cur(Y-dy,X));
13 }

with the latest version of djgpp caued this error:-

C:\AM>gcc _err.cc -g _Wall
gcc.exe: _Wall: No such file or directory (ENOENT)
_err.cc: In function `int main()':
_err.cc:12: initialization of non-const reference type `class gp_cur &'
_err.cc:12: from rvalue of type `gp_cur'
_err.cc:5: in passing argument 1 of `gp_cur::gp_cur(gp_cur &)'¡

Until a few days ago I was using a version of djgpp that was issued
about October 1996, and the construction quoted here compiled OK
infinity times for me down many years with many versions of djgpp. But
with the latest version of djgpp (which I downloaded so I could use
Win95 long filenames) it causes the fault as above. If I leave line 8
out, it compiles OK. But when compiling a long working program that I
have that includes this matter, whether with or without line 8, often
the compiler now quits partway and told me to make a bug report, whereas
under my Oct 1996 version of djgpp it always compiled and ran OK. Wot's
goin' on 'ere?? Where is a complete list of known bugs in the latest
current version of djgpp?

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