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From: ken@csis.dit.csiro.au (Ken Yap)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Intrinsic.h bug in X11R4?
Message-ID: <1990Sep18.064845.19494@csis.dit.csiro.au>
Date: 18 Sep 90 06:48:45 GMT
Organization: CSIRO Division of Information Technology
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I'm trying to compile a program with g++. I get this diagnostic:

/local/include/X11/Intrinsic.h:102: parse error before `char'

Looking at line 102:

typedef char *String;

but a few lines above:

#if defined(__cplusplus) || defined(c_plusplus)
#define CONST const
/* make const String do the right thing */
#define String          char*			<- huh?
#else
#define CONST
#endif /* __cplusplus */

What's happening here? Have I missed a patch? Here are the version lines:

* $XConsortium: Intrinsic.h,v 1.131 90/02/06 17:41:27 converse Exp $
* $oHeader: Intrinsic.h,v 1.10 88/09/01 10:33:34 asente Exp $

Thanks in advance.

	Ken
	ken@csis.dit.csiro.au