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From: jss@hector.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Virtual table problem
Keywords: virtual pointer table
Message-ID: <11702@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com>
Date: 26 Jun 89 15:53:33 GMT
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In article <527@atcmpe.atcmp.nl> leo@atcmp.nl (Leo  Willems) writes:
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>Since then, i found that my problem which (still) exists for our C++ compiler 
>(a version of cfront) does compile correct under G++.
>So here it is again, if it's a stupid question, please e-flame anyway so 
>i now this message got out.

I can't figure out what the question is.  The item contains
a compiler bug report.  Is the question whether or not it is a bug?

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>Our C++ compiler (1.2E) did not complain, but our C compiler did.
>The  C code generated was somewhat complex, using a ternary operator.
>

I post the following about once every 6 months, its been a while so
here it is:

A complaint from the C compiler while doing a compilation using
cfront is always a bug in the compilation system.  It might be a bug
in cfront, in the C compiler or in the way they are put together.

This is what we mean when we say that cfront is a compiler that uses
C as an intermediate language rather than a preprocessor.

Jerry Schwarz
AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill