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From: mutchler@pitstop.UUCP (Dan Mutchler)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Zortech dos.h fix
Keywords: zortech
Message-ID: <421@pitstop.UUCP>
Date: 9 Feb 89 05:55:43 GMT
Reply-To: mutchler@pitstop.UUCP (Dan Mutchler)
Distribution: comp.lang.c++
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA.
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I have found a minor annoyance in the Zortech C++ compiler if you want
to enforce strict ANSI compliance (-A) at compile time. The dos.h file
contains several declarations that use the keyword "far" which is not
part of the ANSI standard and causes the compiler to complain, as it
should. The killer is that there are flags in that file required for
routines like open. The most obvious fix, that Zortech should
do is move all I/O declarations to io.h, as the documentation would
lead you to believe is the case, but a quick fix is bracket the
far declarations with:

#if __STDC__ != 1
...
#endif

These occur at lines 55-69 in my copy (version 1.07). I hope this is
of use to someone. I grepped all of the include files and dos.h seems
to be the only one with "far" or "near" keywords in it.

Dan Mutchler		sun!zule!mutchler
Sun Microsystems