Graham Dumpleton
grahamd at dscpl.com.au
Tue Mar 7 17:00:31 EST 2006
Jim Gallacher wrote .. > Graham Dumpleton wrote: > > Hans-Joachim Ehlers wrote .. > > > >>FYI: > >>I was not able to build mod_python 3.2.8 because of some trashy C++ style > >>comment lines within the source code which at least the IBM VAC v6 compiler > >>( ANSI, C89,C99 compatible ) can not handle. I think even the GCC compiler > >>with the option " pedantic" would fail. > >>I did not test any further because it looks like getting into a nightmare > >>again. > >> > >>So thanks for the improment of quality within the code. > > > > > > We cannot fix where this occurs if you do not tell us where. > > > > We are aware of there being some C++ style comments in the > > code and they have been getting weeded out when found, but > > we don't have compilers which complain about the comments > > in the first place. Thus, if you record where they occur it will > > be fixed quicker. > > I think I've cleaned out all of the offending comments in svn trunk already. That is what I thought too and I couldn't find any when I looked again. Even checked .l and .h.in files. So unless the compiler on AIX is getting confused by something that looks like a C++ style comment inside of a C comment, not sure what the issue is and why it is more important that actual compiler errors and affected code are posted. Graham
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