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From:	"Sanity in Anarchy" <mysticmass AT hotmail DOT com>
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	What is ANSI C++?
Date:	Thu, 07 Jun 2001 21:10:45 -0500
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Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

As requested, when I send a question, I put the file "environ.txt" in this 
message. Its contents are below:

TMP=c:\windows\TEMP
TEMP=C:\windows\TEMP
PROMPT=$p$g
winbootdir=C:\WINDOWS
COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM
DJGPP=z:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV
RSXNTDJ=Z:\RSXNTDJ
PATH=Z:\RSXNTDJ\BIN;Z:\DJGPP\BIN;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
C_INCLUDE_PATH=Z:\RSXNTDJ\include\win32\anders
windir=C:\WINDOWS
BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4

I have installed DJGPP on the network drive Z:, and am using RSXNTDJ. I 
tried turning off the commands RSXNTDJ added to my AUTOEXEC.BAT file, but it 
didn't fix my problem.

My problem is this: No matter what I am compiling, I always get these 
messages about "ANSI C++ forbids this" and "ANSI C++ forbids that" and I 
don't know what ANSI C++ is. I thought there was just C++ (and Visual C++, 
if you can afford it) and that was it. I knew also that there was C++ for 
Windows, both 32 bit and 16 bit and now 64 bit also. However, some basic 
principles, things that invoke the compile-time error about ANSI C++, are 
the same in all the C++ I know.

I have been through various FAQ's and manuals, and they all tell me two 
things - compile it with the -traditional option, or run the "fixincludes" 
script. I tried -traditional, which is apparently not in its vocabulary, and 
I tried to find fixincludes, but I have no idea what it is, except that it 
fixes non-compatable header files.

I also know that, disregarding ANSI, my code is flawless, and actually 
worked with previous versions of DJGPP, but now even programs that came with 
the books, and simple things like #include <iostream.h> or #include 
<windows.h> cause my compiler to produce nausiating lists of errors, a lot 
of them with the four-letter word ANSI in it.

Should I learn ANSI C++? I am just getting into C++ anyway, and got an old 
version of DJGPP from a friend. Are there advantages? And if not, is there a 
.zip I forgot to download, or is there something with the name fixincludes 
staring me in the face?
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