oleg@ibm.com (07/13/90)
The following program causes internal error Microsoft Compiler 6.0.
This does not happen with 5.1. What an improvement !
#define mtod(x,t) ((t)((unsigned long)(x) + (unsigned long)((x)->m_off)))
struct mbuf {
struct mbuf far *m_next;
unsigned long m_off;
short m_len;
short m_type;
unsigned char m_dat[128];
struct mbuf far *m_act;
};
try()
{
struct mbuf far *m;
a(mtod(m, char far *));
}oleg@ibm.com (07/13/90)
Does anybody know what is Microsoft hot-line number for the C compiler problems like that ? Oleg Vishnepolsky IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
williams@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Kent Williams) (07/13/90)
In article <1990Jul12.202632.21275@arnor.uucp> oleg@ibm.com writes: > >Does anybody know what is Microsoft hot-line number for the C >compiler problems like that ? > >Oleg Vishnepolsky >IBM T.J. Watson Research Center If the people at IBM T.J. Watson can't get ahold of Microsoft, lord help the rest of us!!!! Actually what has happened is that they still have phone support, but you have to make a toll call to find out what it is. They'd much rather you waste a bunch of money signing up for their on-line help service, which is priced at a level only affordable by corporate programmers whose bosses have more money than sense. -- Kent Williams 'Look, I can understand "teenage mutant ninja williams@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu turtles", but I can't understand "mutually williams@herky.cs.uiowa.edu recursive inline functions".' - Paul Chisholm
west@turing.toronto.edu (Tom West) (07/14/90)
In article <1990Jul12.202632.21275@arnor.uucp> oleg@ibm.com writes: > >Does anybody know what is Microsoft hot-line number for the C >compiler problems like that ? I have bad news for you. Having used MSC 6.0 for (what was going to be) production material, I have found 2 Fatal compiler errors and once found bad code being generated. The total hotline support from MS has been "your error is on file". They refuse to give out bug lists and they have no patches. In other words, if you use MSC 6.0, tough luck. These were for real, repeatable, short bugs. I hate to see what they might do for subtle bugs. I would strongly advise going back to 5.1 until 6.1 comes out if you have the choice. I had to strip out all the 6.0 features I foolishly put in when we realized that 6.0 wasn't safe or supported in any real way. Luckily, my boss (who warned me about switching from 5.1) is fairly forgiving, despite the lost development time. Tom West
jack@csccat.UUCP (Jack Hudler) (07/16/90)
In article <1854@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> williams@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu.UUCP (Kent Williams) writes: > They'd much rather >you waste a bunch of money signing up for their on-line help service, which >is priced at a level only affordable by corporate programmers whose bosses >have more money than sense. Now! just what do you mean by "more money than sense", I happen to think ONLINE is worth every penny paid! And I'm not a manager! -- Jack Computer Support Corporation Dallas,Texas Hudler Internet: jack@csccat.lonestar.org