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List:       wine-devel
Subject:    Re: a bit off topic: gcc up to snuff?
From:       Adam Wiggins <adam () angel ! com>
Date:       1999-09-30 22:05:06
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> I am trying to port some Windows code to Red Hat 6.0 Linux using the
> Winelib (egcs-2.91.66).  I am running into all kinds of compiler "parse
> errors" on code that is pretty vanilla C/C++.  
> 
> Here are some examples:
> 
> 1. Trailing C++ style comments.
> 
> 1.0. if statements
> 	if (a)
> 		printf("a\n");	// this comment causes parse error
> 1.1. else statements
> 	if (a)
> 		printf("a\n");
> 	else
> 		printf("not a\n");	// this comment causes parse

Are you compiling the code as C++?  I forget if gcc, compiling straight
C, will allow // comments.  If the filename extensions are one of the
common C++ extensions (including .cpp, .C, .cc, and .c++) then it should
kick in automatically.  If it's just .c, try using "-x c++" on the command
line.



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