Re: General gcc4.0 porting guide

[Nils Philippsen <nphilipp redhat com>]

On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 13:56 +0200, Ralf Ertzinger wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> Is there a general document showing common pitfalls when compiling a
> package with gcc4.0 (and how to resolve them)?
> 
> For example, what is the "right" way to deal with this:
> 
> int* foo;
> 
> [...]
> ((short int*)foo)++;  // gcc4 does not like this.

1) Fix the code in question (why is there a cast to short) ;-)

2) perhaps:

  *foo = ((short int) (*foo)) + 1;


Nils
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