thanks for your answer, i m not really familiar with the limitations of using strict C, i appreciate your answer. thank you.
On 27 February 2013 18:33, Marc Lehmann <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 04:41:10PM -0600, Juan Pablo L > <[email protected]> wrote: >> i can not turned off the pedantic flag and for the above reason. any >> suggestions ? > > You could get rid of the -Werror instead and it will work (with luck). > > By using those flags you tell gcc that the program you compile is strict > ISO C, but neither your code nor libev can be strict ISO C, as it requires > numerous extensions (such as POSIX, file descriptors, OS-specific > extensions etc.). > > So while changing some things in libev might make it compile with those flags > with some gcc versions, this is just because the implementatioon is imperfect > and doesn't aim at catching those non-strict-ISO-C uses. > > Think about it: there is no way for you to use the features of libev in > a strict ISO-C program, as there is no way to get e.g. a file descriptor > for ev_io or a stat structure for ev_stat. There is no function to poll > for I/O events in ISO C. Libev can't even call your callback in strict ISO > C(!) > > So, while I will change the enum expressions to be of type in in CVS to > accomodate this, you will likely run into continued problems if you lie > about the programming language you are writing _your_ program in, telling > GCC it's strict ISO-C, when it clearly isn't. > > You have to get rid of these flags - your request is quite the same as asking > "I try to compile libev with a fortran compielr, but get syntax errors. Using > a C compiler is not an option". > > But that isn't true. It is always an option. The only one, in fact. > > -- > The choice of a Deliantra, the free code+content MORPG > -----==- _GNU_ http://www.deliantra.net > ----==-- _ generation > ---==---(_)__ __ ____ __ Marc Lehmann > --==---/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [email protected] > -=====/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ _______________________________________________ libev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.schmorp.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libev
