Re: [Mingw-users] Rectangle defined?

[Norman V. <nh...@ca...>]

Al Stevens writes:

> Here's an odd one. The following program will not compile with 3.2.
> 
> // test.cpp
> #include <iostream>
> struct Rectangle { int x; };
> int main()
> {
>     Rectangle* rp;
>     return 0;
> }
> 
> gcc test.cpp -lstdc++
> 
> It does not like my use of Rectangle. If I change Rectangle to Rectangles or
> rectangle, the program compiles. If I remove the #include <iostream>
> statement, it compiles. If I change the rp declaration to struct Rectangle,
> it compiles. If I use 2.95.3, it compiles. Something in 3.2 is erroneously
> defining Rectangle as an object name in the global namespace, and the
> compiler thinks I am multiplying whatever it thinks Rectangle is times rp,
> which it reports as undeclared. The only Rectangle I've found among the
> headers has to do with the winapi, but, as you can see, this program does
> not use the winapi.

I didn't read far enough before my earlier post

<iostream>   eventually includes
<bits\gthr-default.h>  which includes
<windows.h>

Cheers

Norman