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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: arts compile problem
From:       Harri Porten <harri () trolltech ! com>
Date:       2001-03-26 19:15:26
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George Staikos wrote:
> 
> in mcop/object.cc there is a
> 
> class Arts::ObjectInternalData {
> public:
>          struct MethodTableEntry {
>                 union {
>                      X;
>                      Y;
>                      Z;
>                 };
>           }
> }
> 
> This does not compile for me.  However removing the union makes it compile.
> The compile error says that items inside the union are inaccessible.
> According to my C++ book, anonymous unions as such should be ok.  Everything
> looks public enough to me.  Anyhow, commenting out the union makes it work
> fine.  However I don't know if this raises BC issues, and of course it's not
> an ideal solution at that.  What to do?

Do you use gcc from CVS ? Then update since today's version solved the
problem for me (see kde-cvs, not perfect but slightly better suited for
compiler bugs than kde-core-devel).

Harri.

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