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From: schwartz@dinl.uucp (Michael Schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Also a G++ 1.32 problem
Keywords: G++
Message-ID: <844@dinl.mmc.UUCP>
Date: 7 Mar 89 15:48:21 GMT
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Organization: Martin Marietta I&CS, Denver, CO.
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I have been using version 1.25.0 GNU C++ for our C++ seminar here.

I wished to change to 1.32, since a "working" set of patches were
available for InterViews.

I have been unable to get G++ to generate working code which requires
pre-main() instantiation on our Sun 3's under either SunOS 3.5 or 4.01.

While there are no warning messages, I have noted that Mcrt1.o gets
hauled in, which was never the case under our current version.

Code compiles but dumps core if it uses, say, stream.h.

Also, the libg++ for 1.32 crashes the compiler (unfortunately, the new
library can't be compiled with 1.25.0 successfully either.  We'd really
like to use the protected member implementation for subclassing).

If anyone knows the correction, or can name the next stable version of
GNU C++, please let me know (by Email if this is not of general
interest).

PS: I am very pleased with both G++ and GDB+ version 1.25.0 for most
training purposes.
-- 
Michael Schwartz
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MSchwartz@Dockmaster.ARPA