eclam@maytag.waterloo.edu (Edmund C. Lam) (01/03/89)
I found a C compiler bug in the balance C compiler. We don't have software
support, but here is the bug warning for anyone listening.
Dynix V3.0.12 Oct 5/88.
Category: Software
System Type: Balance
Id: 51079 24576 /bin/cc (Feb 6/88)
Description:
The following structure definition causes /bin/cc to complain about a
C syntax error:
struct foo {
int private;
};
The bug is triggered by the keyword "private" inside a structure
declaration. Using "private" outside a structure is fine.
This bug was found while building XV11R3 (xdm client).
The easy solution is to change declarations of "private" to something else.
BTW:
Does anyone know sequent's bug report mail address? I just want to make
/usr/bin/mailbug work. Thanks.
--
-Edmund C. Lam (University of Waterloo)
<eclam@maytag.waterloo.edu>aoki@faerie.Berkeley.EDU (Paul M. Aoki) (01/04/89)
In article <ECLAM.89Jan3081428@maytag.waterloo.edu> eclam@maytag.waterloo.edu (Edmund C. Lam) writes: >Dynix V3.0.12 Oct 5/88. >Category: Software >System Type: Balance [ Aren't 3.0.4 and 3.0.14 the last Balance releases? I thought 3.0.12 was a Symmetry release. Or am I really confused. ] Anyone know when the next Symmetry update is coming out? > Does anyone know sequent's bug report mail address? I just want to make > /usr/bin/mailbug work. I believe tektronix!sequent!pts works. ---------------- Paul M. Aoki CS Division, Dept. of EECS // UCB // Berkeley, CA 94720 (415) 642-1863 aoki@postgres.Berkeley.EDU ...!ucbvax!aoki
arosen@hawk.ulowell.edu (MFHorn) (01/05/89)
> I found a C compiler bug in the balance C compiler. > > The following structure definition causes /bin/cc to complain about a > > struct foo { > int private; > }; > > The bug is triggered by the keyword "private" inside a structure > declaration. Using "private" outside a structure is fine. > > The easy solution is to change declarations of "private" to something > else. In Dynix C, 'private' is a reserved word. It's used with the parallel processing libraries. There is another reserved word called 'shared'. Their both added variable types. The above example is thus equivalent struct foo { int long; }; I'm surprised it allows you to use 'private' as a variable name at all, even outside a structure. I once tried to use 'auto' as a local variable name, and it didn't accept that. -- Andy Rosen | arosen@hawk.ulowell.edu | "I got this guitar and I ULowell, Box #3031 | ulowell!arosen | learned how to make it Lowell, Ma 01854 | | talk" -Thunder Road RD in '88 - The way it should've been
ianj@sequent.UUCP (Bruce) (01/19/89)
Dynix 3.0.12 is latest Symmetry Release. Dynix 3.0.14 is latest Balance Release. To report problems via 'mailbug' you should add "pts:uunet!sequent!pts" to /usr/lib/aliases, or call Sequent Service (800-854-9969) to get a direct connect if you have a Service Contract. -- Ian Johnstone uunet!sequent!ianj Sequent Computer Systems Beaverton, Oregon