complilng with msvc++ 6 and stlport 4.5

[Michal Jaworski]

i'm trying to compile cc++ v 1.9.3 with stlport 4.5 under msvc++ 6.
I've added stlports include directory to project settings and tried to build. following errors show up:

e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(1443) : error C2008: ':' : unexpected in macro definition
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(1443) : warning C4005: 'std' : macro redefinition
        e:\work\stlport\stlport\stl\_epilog.h(28) : see previous definition of 'std'
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(1448) : error C2059: syntax error : ':'
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(1448) : error C2039: 'iostream_withassign' : is not a member of 'std'
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(1448) : error C2039: 'iostream_withassign' : is not a member of 'std'
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(1531) : error C2226: syntax error : unexpected type 'iostream'
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(1531) : error C2039: 'iostream_withassign' : is not a member of 'std'
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(1532) : error C2334: unexpected token(s) preceding '{'; skipping apparent function body
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(1739) : warning C4091: 'extern __declspec(dllexport ) ' : ignored on left of 'int' when no variable is declared
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(1739) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before ':'
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(1739) : error C2059: syntax error : ':'
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(1739) : error C2039: 'iostream_withassign' : is not a member of 'std'
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(1739) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '&'
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(1739) : error C2512: 'basic_iostream<char,class _STL::char_traits<char> >' : no appropriate default constructor available
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(1739) : error C2059: syntax error : ':'
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(1739) : error C2501: '<<' : missing storage-class or type specifiers
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(1739) : error C2809: 'operator <<' has no formal parameters
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(2069) : error C2629: unexpected 'class ost::SockException ('
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(2069) : error C2334: unexpected token(s) preceding ':'; skipping apparent function body
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(2069) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ')' before '}'
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(2069) : error C2059: syntax error : ')'
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(2069) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ')' before '}'
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(2069) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '}'
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(2069) : error C2238: unexpected token(s) preceding ';'
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(2074) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '}'
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(2074) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '}'
e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(2074) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '}'

they also show up in digest.h
I've found that std::iostream_withassign is defined in iostream.h, not in iostream, but changing included header doesn't help.

could anyone help me with this?

[Michal Jaworski]

I've found an answer on my own.

First it appears that the MSVC++ does not allow you to #define a macro with a colon in it's name. So you cannot redefine std::iostream to std::iostream_withassign.
Then it looks like in the stlport 4.5 the iostream_withassign is defined in the <iostream.h> and is in the global namespace not in the std.
So I changed TCPStream declaration to :

#include <iostream.h>
class TCPStream : public Socket, public std::streambuf, public iostream_withassign
{

... then it compiled. But new problem appeared. It was:

e:\work\commoncpp\src\socket.h(1669) : error C2664: '__thiscall _STL::basic_ios<char,class _STL::char_traits<char> >::_STL::basic_ios<char,class _STL::char_traits<char> >(class _STL::basic_streambuf<char,class _STL::char_traits<char> > *)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const class ost::tcpstream' to 'class _STL::basic_streambuf<char,class _STL::char_traits<char> > *'
        No user-defined-conversion operator available that can perform this conversion, or the operator cannot be called

This bug appeared in every class derived from TCPStream. I found that adding copy constructor to such class helped but I don't know why.

Hope this helps someone besides me.
Borzoj