From: "Dennis Cartwright" <dori DOT den AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>
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Subject: Re: "internal compiler error"
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Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 02:05:08 GMT
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Thanks,
D

Steamer <dontmailme AT iname DOT com> wrote in message
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> Dennis Cartwright wrote:
>
> >   The following code is from the beginning stages of a prog I am
> > writing to simulate a "hold em" poker game.
> >   When I compile with gcc -c PokerA.cpp, I get the following error
> > message:
> >
> > PokerA.cpp In method void Table::firstDeal()':
> > Pokeraccpp : 146: Internal compiler error in `find_function_data' at
> > function c:542
> > Please submit a full bug report
> > See http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/faq.html#bugreport
> >
> > Before I attempt to submit a bug report, does anyone see an error in my
> > code that I might be overlooking, or does anyone see a workaround I
might
> > put in?
>
> Your code is wrong.  But, of course, internal compiler errors
> shouldn't occur even for incorrect code.
>
> > #include <stdlib.h>
> > #include <time.h>
> > #include <iostream>
> >
> > int NP;                // number of players
> [snip lots of code]
> > class Table {
> >   private:
> >     Player p[NP];
>
> Here's the problem.  The value of NP isn't known (and NP
> isn't even const), so you can't define the structure of
> a class in terms of it.  One solution would be to make
> Table::p a std::vector<Player>, and initialize it to the
> correct size in the constructor.  Another solution is to
> make Table::p a pointer and allocate some memory for it
> in the constructor (and delete it in the destructor).