From: Robert_Pluim AT baynetworks DOT com (Robert Pluim)
Subject: egcs-1.1 windows headers cause compilation failure in cygwin b20
14 Dec 1998 18:34:07 -0800
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Hi,

I'm not quite sure whether this falls under cygwin or egcs, so I'm
sending to both lists. Feel free to redirect me to a more appropriate
location.

The following program fails to compile under egcs-1.1 in cygwin b20,
because Windows32/Defines.h #defines DELETE already. (it's actually a
chopped down piece of code from cvs-1.10.4)

#include <direct.h>

int
main ()
{
    enum {ADD, DELETE} type;
}

Here's the error:

delete.c: In function `main':
delete.c:6: parse error before `('

gcc -v says:
Reading specs from e:\CYGNUS\CYGWIN~1\H-I586~1\BIN\..\lib\gcc-lib\i586-cygwin32\egcs-2.91.57\specs
gcc version egcs-2.91.57 19980901 (egcs-1.1 release)

Two questions arise:

1. Why is this windows stuff getting included when I'm not asking for
   it?
2. Isn't this namespace pollution? I must admit I'm not au-fait with
   all the various standards, and I realise it might all be
   Microsoft's fault, but couldn't this stuff at least be #ifdef'd
   somehow?

Thanks

Robert

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