Re: AW: S-N 4.5.2 hangs while scanning header file

Re: AW: S-N 4.5.2 hangs while scanning header file

[Ben Elliston]

Martin Fischer wrote:

     >    the file named c:/BC5/INCLUDE/OWL/timegadg.h is part of my
     >    installation of Borland C++ 5.02 / OWL 5.2 on NT 4.0, SP6.

I have been able to reproduce the bug Martin reported with the following
minimal test case:

	class foo {
	#ifdef WITH_INT
	    foo (int,
	#else
	    foo (char,
	#endif
	    int);
	};

I'm going to have a crack at fixing it this morning.

Ben

AW: S-N 4.5.2 hangs while scanning header file

[Fischer Martin (AT/EES3)]

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  > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
  > Von: Ben Elliston [ mailto:bje@redhat.com ]
  > Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 23. November 2000 14:14
  > An: Fischer Martin (AT/EES3)
  > Cc: sourcenav@sources.redhat.com
  > Betreff: Re: S-N 4.5.2 hangs while scanning header file 
  > 
  >    the file named c:/BC5/INCLUDE/OWL/timegadg.h is part of my
  >    installation of Borland C++ 5.02 / OWL 5.2 on NT 4.0, SP6.
  > 
  > If you create a project containing this single file, what happens?
  > 

the same

  > Ben
  > 

Re: AW: S-N 4.5.2 hangs while scanning header file

[Ben Elliston]

   the same

That's a good thing.  Now, the problem is, how are you going to contribute
the file?  It is no doubt under Borland copyright.

Ben

Re: AW: S-N 4.5.2 hangs while scanning header file

[Niels Skou Olsen]

bje@redhat.com writes:

> That's a good thing.  Now, the problem is, how are you going to contribute
> the file?  It is no doubt under Borland copyright.

One way to narrow it down is to do a "binary search": Cut the file in half
an check each half. Then continue this process recursively on the failing
halves until you have a small enough chunk of header file that fails. If
everything goes well, you'll end up with a small enough chunk that you can
"rewrite" it. This will not violate any copyrights..

Best regards
-- 
Niels Skou Olsen, M.Sc.
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