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From: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>
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Thus spake David O'Brien (obrien@NUXI.com):

> > I noticed that many ports are broken because the compiler handles
> > ANSI-C++ violations too strict.
> Not too strict -- to the ratified ISO-C++ specification.

Yes. Ok :-)

> Nope.  Those programs that aren't buildable aren't C++.  I will not break
> the C++ compiler to support them.

Ok, I understand this. Probably I wouldn't do this, too.

Though:
Often a simple change from

char *stuff;
[..]

stuff = mmap()... (fails)
to
stuff = (char *) mmap()... (works)

does the trick.

Enough on this topic.

Alex

-- 
I doubt, therefore I might be. 


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