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From: ksand@apple.com (Kent Sandvik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: MPW C++ dump/load, once again
Message-ID: <13814@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 1 Jun 91 00:03:46 GMT
References: <16448@reed.UUCP>
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In article <16448@reed.UUCP>, bowman@reed.UUCP (Eric Bowman) writes:
> 
> Every few months or so I waste a day trying to get the !@#$! dump and load
> C++ options to work, but I can't seem to make any progress.  Was this every
> resolved?
> 
> OK:  I'm running
> 
> 	MPW Shell v. 3.2b8 (system 6.0.5, Mac II)
> 	MPW CFront v. 3.1
> 	MPW C v. 3.2b1
> 	Link v. 3.1
> 
> All destructors are declared virtual; most classes don't define any destructor,
> those that do are derived from PtrObject.
 
> Everything compiles fine; Link returns the following error:
> 
> ### While reading file ":SymObj:TApplication.cp.o"
> ### Link: Error: Bad object file: (Error 89) inconsistent declaration of a file 
> 	object
> ### Link: Errors prevented normal completion.

Are you using MPW 3.2 libraries, or MPW 3.1 ones? It usually makes sense not to
mix and match different releases, if there is not a need (like one needs the MPW 3.2 C
compiler for the load/dump feature).

Another typical load/dump problem is that the base class is not defined as public in
the inherited classes, which makes it hard to find information for load/dump, but 
I don't know if this is your problem.

Kent Sandvik