From: "Claude Lamy" <clamy@sunrisetelecom.com>
To: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Fw: /usr/include/asm/system.h
Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 08:37:42 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <000d01c200c4$4d0b9570$5132a8c0@AVANSUN.COM> (raw)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rupert Wood" <me@rupey.net>
To: "'Claude Lamy'" <clamy@sunrisetelecom.com>
Cc: <gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 8:12 AM
Subject: RE: /usr/include/asm/system.h
> Claude Lamy wrote:
>
> > I am running a Mandrake 8.1 linux distribution with gcc 2.96. In
> > the file /usr/include/asm/system.h, the function __cmpxchg uses a
> > parameter named "new" which is a reserved keyword in C++. I can
> > modify the header file for myself but I think it should be changed (if
not
> > already) for future releases.
>
> Actually the system headers belong to the system C library and not GCC;
> in this case, however, that file belongs to the linux kernel
> (linux/include/asm-i386/system.h).
>
> It still contains 'new' in the latest 2.4 and 2.5 kernel trees. You may
> wish to report it to them instead.
>
> I'm not well up enough on the C and C++ standards to know if this is
> really a problem - there may be ways that it's supposed to compile
> anyway, and it appears to have survived for some time.
>
> Rup.
next reply other threads:[~2002-05-21 12:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-21 12:37 Claude Lamy [this message]
2002-05-21 12:48 ` Dave Jones
2002-05-21 16:51 ` Dave Jones
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