> > > ------- Additional Comments From jacob dot navia at ants dot com 2005-08-26 > 18:31 ------- > Subject: RE: gcc doesn't compile the stl headers > > Hi. > > You sent me this message: > > -----Original Message----- > From: pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 6:36 AM > To: Jacob Navia > Subject: [Bug c++/23273] gcc doesn't compile the stl headers > > > > ------- Additional Comments From pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2005-08-22 > 13:35 ------- > This is not a bug. You have a macro max which is defined and so you get: > std::(((size())>(__n))?(size()):(__n)) which is a bug. > > It is a bug in your code. > > ------------------------------- > Why do we have min and max macros? > /* > On Linux and Solaris this isn't allowed: > > int i; float x; min(i,x); > > It says that there is no instantiation of min<T,T>() that matches > (int,float). Until they fix their type-resolving > mechanism, we have to make-do with macros. > */ > #ifndef min > #define min(a,b) ((a) < (b) ? (a): (b)) > #endif > #ifndef max > #define max(a,b) ((a) > (b) ? (a): (b)) > #endif > > OK. Now this work-around works in gcc 3.xxx but not now... sigh. > Can you tell me if the original problem has been fixed?
The orginal problem is in your code as the standard says min/max are templates of only one template agrument. There is nothing which can be fixed in GCC or libstdc++ at all since your code is not valid C++. -- Pinski
