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Re: [Dev-C++] templates

[Jason H. <jas...@bt...>]

The queueElement idetifier has no relevance outside of the template class scope. Inside of the class
the compiler will sustitute the name for the relevent type that was specified for creation, in this
case it is int. You can treat the identifier as something similar to a typedef which is targeted at
that particular class.

There may also be a problem with the ostream friend declaration, but I'm not sure. I'd have to do
some research to figure it out.

Jason.

----- Original Message -----
From: <Wal...@va...>
To: <dev...@li...>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 4:03 PM
Subject: [Dev-C++] templates


I am getting these errors/warnings, need some help please.
Walt

(Embedded image moved to file: pic06617.pcx)


This in .cpp file:

#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include "Temp.h"

void ShowCommands ();

int main ()
{

    char command;
    Queue<int>q;
    queueElement item;


This is in the Temp.h file:

#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#ifndef QUEUE
#define QUEUE

const int MAX=401;
int i;

template <class queueElement>
class Queue
{
       private:
                        queueElement myArray[MAX];
                        int myFront;
                        int myBack;
       public:
                        friend ostream& operator << (ostream&,
Queue<queueElement> &);
                        Queue(){myFront=0;myBack=0;};
                        bool empty();
                        void addQ(queueElement);
                        queueElement front();
                        void removeQ();
                        bool full();
};
#endif //end of class queu

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[Dev-C++] templates

[<Wal...@va...>]

I am getting these errors/warnings, need some help please.
Walt

(Embedded image moved to file: pic06617.pcx)


This in .cpp file:

#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include "Temp.h"

void ShowCommands ();

int main ()
{

    char command;
    Queue<int>q;
    queueElement item;


This is in the Temp.h file:

#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#ifndef QUEUE
#define QUEUE

const int MAX=401;
int i;

template <class queueElement>
class Queue
{
       private:
                        queueElement myArray[MAX];
                        int myFront;
                        int myBack;
       public:
                        friend ostream& operator << (ostream&,
Queue<queueElement> &);
                        Queue(){myFront=0;myBack=0;};
                        bool empty();
                        void addQ(queueElement);
                        queueElement front();
                        void removeQ();
                        bool full();
};
#endif //end of class queu

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[Dev-C++] CFileDialog

[Christian W. <Chr...@vo...>]

Hi List,


Does someone know how to get the number of selected files in the
CfileDIalog-Class ???

If I try to itterate through the entrys I get an accessviolation at the end
of the list ...



Kind r


Christian 

[Dev-C++] Resource: ccdoc, a C++ documentation tool

[Yeoh H. <ye...@ye...>]

Ccdoc is a javadoc inspired tool that automatically generates web
documentation from C++ programs by parsing the source file headers.
URL:
http://www.joelinoff.com/ccdoc/index.html

It's free.

Regards,
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RE: [Dev-C++] Dev-C++ Users Beware!

[Luigi S. <gi...@li...>]

Hello all,

looking at some HTML files related to gcc 2.8.1 (I can't remember where I 
got them), I found the file attached to this mail, it explains how variable 
length arrays work (guess things are still valid for version > 2.8.1)

Also I have tried the command:
gcc -ansi -pendantic -c vla.cpp

where
  - vla.cpp contains code posted by Bob Wilson in the first message of the 
thread
  - gcc is the version 2.95.2 19991024 (the one shipped with Dev-C++ 4.0)

and it gives the expected warning

--
Luigi

Re: [Dev-C++] dialog box

[Yeoh H. <ye...@ye...>]

Hi,

Assuming that you're using Win32 API, here's some extracts from the MSDN.

To enable or disable a dialog control, you'll need to use GetDlgItem
function.
The GetDlgItem function retrieves the handle of a control in the specified
dialog box.

Once you have the handle, you can disable the control with this function:
BOOL EnableWindow(
  HWND hWnd,     // handle to window
  BOOL bEnable   // flag for enabling or disabling input
);
The EnableWindow function enables or disables mouse and keyboard input to
the specified window or control. When input is disabled, the window does not
receive input such as mouse clicks and key presses. When input is enabled,
the window receives all input.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Glenfield <sp...@ho...>
To: <dev...@li...>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 3:26 AM
Subject: [Dev-C++] dialog box


>
> I'm using VC++ 6.0 to make a dialog box. I have two radio buttons, with a
> drop down menu next to each.
> Does anyone know how to make it so that when radio A is selected, radio B
> and it's drop down menu is greyed out and unselectable? I have got both
> buttons alternating, so both cannot be selected at once using Tab Order
and
> the group checkbox on the first.
>
> any ideas?
>
>
>
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Re: [Dev-C++] ???

[Yeoh HS <ye...@ye...>]

Hi,

To download sources codes located in CVS repository, you'll need cvs
software. A useful tool that I use is WinCvs 1.2. The URL is
http://www.cvsgui.org.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Brandon Bayles <bj...@ho...>
To: <dev...@li...>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 6:04 AM
Subject: [Dev-C++] ???


> I have downloaded Dev-C++, and I'm downloading Delphi 6 for the in order
to
> compile it.  My problem is that i don't know how to get the source code
CVS
> Repository.
>
> Thanks
>

RE: [Dev-C++] Global to local variables

[Ioannis V. <no...@ho...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David McKen [mailto:ci...@ya...] 
> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 11:38 PM
> To: Ioannis Vranos
> Subject: RE: [Dev-C++] Global to local variables
> 
> 
> static???
> 
> I was told that it will make sure the varible is initalized to 0
> if it is uninitalized.


Not true.


> As you can guess I ignored it because I called
> it a waste of time
> 
> Anyway thanks


Ioannis

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Re: [Dev-C++] ???

[Jason H. <jas...@bt...>]

It may be useful for you to go here: http://sourceforge.net/docman/?group_id=1

If you go down to sections 6 and 7 there is documentation relating to the use of CVS on sourceforge.

Jason.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brandon Bayles" <bj...@ho...>
To: <dev...@li...>
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 11:04 PM
Subject: [Dev-C++] ???


I have downloaded Dev-C++, and I'm downloading Delphi 6 for the in order to
compile it.  My problem is that i don't know how to get the source code CVS
Repository.

Thanks

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[Dev-C++] ???

[Brandon B. <bj...@ho...>]

I have downloaded Dev-C++, and I'm downloading Delphi 6 for the in order to 
compile it.  My problem is that i don't know how to get the source code CVS 
Repository.

Thanks

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RE: [Dev-C++] Global to local variables

[David M. <ci...@ya...>]

static???

I was told that it will make sure the varible is initalized to 0
if it is uninitalized. As you can guess I ignored it because I called
it a waste of time

Anyway thanks

--- Ioannis Vranos <no...@ho...> wrote:
> Yes using the keyword static. E.g.
> 
> void something(void)
> {
>  static int x;
>  /* ... */
> }
> 
> 
> x keeps its value between function calls and is created only once.
> This
> type of coding is not suitable for concurrent applications
> (multithreading).
> 
> 
> Ioannis
> 
> * Ioannis Vranos
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> * Alternative URL: http://run.to/noicys
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev...@li... 
> > [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf 
> > Of David McKen
> > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 11:41 PM
> > To: Dev-C Mailing List
> > Subject: [Dev-C++] Global to local variables
> > 
> > 
> > I have global varibles in my program that are used by one
> function
> > to keep track of it's state. Is there a way to have a local
> varible
> > to keep it's value between calls?
> > 
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[Dev-C++] dialog box

[Daniel G. <sp...@ho...>]

I'm using VC++ 6.0 to make a dialog box. I have two radio buttons, with a 
drop down menu next to each.
Does anyone know how to make it so that when radio A is selected, radio B 
and it's drop down menu is greyed out and unselectable? I have got both 
buttons alternating, so both cannot be selected at once using Tab Order and 
the group checkbox on the first.

any ideas?



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Re: [Dev-C++] Global to local variables

[Abhijit S. <mu...@gm...>]

Use the 'static' keyword. For example

MyFunction()
{
    static int    TimesCalled =3D 0;    // Default value, assigned on =
the first call
    TimesCalled ++;
    printf("TimesCalled is %d\n", TimesCalled);
}
mdeth O
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----- Original Message -----=20
  From: David McKen=20
  To: Dev-C Mailing List=20
  Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 2:11 AM
  Subject: [Dev-C++] Global to local variables


  I have global varibles in my program that are used by one function
  to keep track of it's state. Is there a way to have a local varible=20
  to keep it's value between calls?

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[Dev-C++] MINGW 3.x

[Ioannis V. <no...@ho...>]

Also regarding MINGW 3.x i saw the following at its web site
(http://www.mingw.org):
 
Posted By: earnie
Date: 2002-03-07 09:54
Summary: <http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=159103>
Versions of GCC greater than 2.95.3 

MinGW will not be releasing a version of GCC until the official release
of GCC-3.1. The current scheduled date for the official release of GCC
3.1 is sometime in April. Please be patient. If you wish to give current
3.x versions a try you're on your own.

I guess that GCC 3.0.x is not considered so stable and they wait for 3.1
to port it.
 
 
 
Ioannis

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RE: [Dev-C++] Dev-C++ Users Beware! & Mingw parameter options

[Andres R. <lo...@ho...>]

Hello again!
=20
Only one note more.. (I hope this would be the last..)
If you really want to get error, not warning, use =96pedantic-error
parameter.
You can really get an error from that.
=20
On MinGW-users list I got inf, that Windows allows allocating stack
space in 2 MB chunks maximum.
I tested it and it is really true. Maximum variable sized array you can
get is around 2M Bait.
=20
Andres.

Re: [Dev-C++] enum

[Bob W. <bo...@ph...>]

MessageIoannis,
    Absolutely correct, but when you assign a value to an enumerated =
element, it practically destroys or greatly limits the ability to use =
the enumerated elements in a for loop or switch statement. =20

  Why you can't use them in a switch statement? In fact a switch =
statement is one of the common uses for enums.
If you will re-read what I wrote, you will see I did not say you could =
not use them, however, if you write  something like this:
  enum animals { cat, dog, horse =3D 7, rabbit =3D 3, pig, cow, mule =3D =
30 }
which is a legal statement, and you write a for loop like this:

  int counter;
  for (counter =3D cat - 1; counter < mule; counter++)
  {
       std::cout << "counter =3D " << counter << "\n"
  };
The loop will execute 30 times even though there are only seven =
elements. It works, but it can lead to unexpected results if you think =
is it only going to loop seven times because there are only seve =
elements. If no value assignments are given to the set of elements, the =
loop works as a novice might expect. It is certainly possible that there =
is an operation that must not be performed for a cat, once for a dog, =
seven times for a horse, three times for a pig, four times for a cow, =
and 30 times for a mule, and, in that case, you could make the for work. =
However, I doubt that the resulting code would be a decypherable as =
using conditional switching to call an offset function as follows:


  #include <iostream.h>
  #include <stdlib.h>

  enum animals { cat, dog, horse =3D 7, rabbit =3D 3, pig, cow, mule =3D =
30 };

  int DoItNow (int NumOfTimes)
  {
      for (int i =3D cat; i < NumOfTimes; i++)
      {
          // do something
          std::cout << "did something " << i + 1 << " times\n";
      }
  };

  int main()
  {
      unsigned short int whichAnimal;
      std::cout << "Enter a number between "=20
                << cat << " and " << mule << ": ";
      std::cin >> whichAnimal;
      std::cout << "Hey! It's a";
      switch (whichAnimal)
      {
      case cat : std::cout << " cat!\n";
                 DoItNow(cat); // do it once
                 break;

      case dog : std::cout << " dog!\n";
                 DoItNow(dog); // do it twice
                 break;

      case horse : std::cout << " horse!\n";
                 DoItNow(horse); // do it seven times
                 break;

      case rabbit : std::cout << " rabbit!\n";
                 DoItNow(rabbit); // do it three times
                 break;

      case pig : std::cout << " pig!\n";
                 DoItNow(pig); // do it four times
                 break;

      case cow : std::cout << " cow!\n";
                 DoItNow(cow); // do it five times
                 break;

      case mule : std::cout << " mule!\n";
                 DoItNow(mule); // do it 30 times
                 break;

      default:
          std::cout << "n unidentified animal!\n"; // fall through
      }
     =20
      system("pause");
      return 0;
  }
To me, it is much easier to see that the programmer wants an activity to =
take place seven times if the value is horse than using whichAnimal in =
the for loop above. Obviously the code is not as tight, but it is =
certainly more transparent which is a good thing.=20

Regards,

Bob

[Dev-C++] MINGW parameter options

[Ioannis V. <no...@ho...>]

I had sent a reply with screenshots to Bob Wilson's email concerning
MINGW, but it never arrived at me through the list (perhaps the list
doesn't allow attachments of some size).
 
Anyway the summary is:
 
MINGW which is GCC port for Windows is very highly ANSI/ISO standards
conformant, more than many commercial compilers. Also GCC is highly
professional with myriad optimisation options. You can set anything
through additional switches in Dev-C++ Compiler options.
 
 
For strict ANSI/ISO C/C++ conformance place the options:
 
-ansi -pedantic
 
 
To see all the available compiler switches, and assuming Dev-C++ to be
installed in c:\dev-c++, give the following command from the command
prompt:
 
\dev-c++\bin\g++ -v --help |more
 
 
and add the switches you like in Dev-C++.
 
 
The default switches accompanied with -ansi -pedantic for strict ANSI
conformance should be enough for most cases though.
 
 
Ioannis

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RE: [Dev-C++] Global to local variables

[Ioannis V. <no...@ho...>]

Yes using the keyword static. E.g.

void something(void)
{
 static int x;
 /* ... */
}


x keeps its value between function calls and is created only once. This
type of coding is not suitable for concurrent applications
(multithreading).


Ioannis

* Ioannis Vranos
* Programming pages: http://www.noicys.cjb.net
* Alternative URL: http://run.to/noicys


> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev...@li... 
> [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf 
> Of David McKen
> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 11:41 PM
> To: Dev-C Mailing List
> Subject: [Dev-C++] Global to local variables
> 
> 
> I have global varibles in my program that are used by one function
> to keep track of it's state. Is there a way to have a local varible
> to keep it's value between calls?
> 
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[Dev-C++] how do I use the "CommandLineToArgvW()" Funktion

[<ab...@gm...>]

can anyone give an example

thanks

[Dev-C++] Global to local variables

[David M. <ci...@ya...>]

I have global varibles in my program that are used by one function
to keep track of it's state. Is there a way to have a local varible 
to keep it's value between calls?

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RE: [Dev-C++] Global variables (linking errors)

[Ioannis V. <no...@ho...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev...@li... 
> [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf 
> Of Daniel Glenfield
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 7:13 PM
> To: dev...@li...
> Subject: [Dev-C++] Global variables (linking errors)
> 
> 
> Help me out here would you? I have three C++ source files, 
> each with its own
> header file. I want to have a global variable that all three 
> source files
> can use.

You must place the global variable in your main source file only. At the
other files use the keyword extern.


E.g. extern int x;


Ioannis

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Re: [Dev-C++] Dev-C++ Users Beware!

[Jason H. <jas...@bt...>]

Message
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Ioannis Vranos=20
  To: Dev-C++=20
  Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 6:28 PM
  Subject: RE: [Dev-C++] Dev-C++ Users Beware!
    Another point is that the developers of Dev-C++ and the developers =
MinGW cannot be responsible when the compiler doesn't work in exactly =
the way you expect. =20

  I did not understand what you mean  by that.

I have noticed that people in the past have posted what they believe to =
be issues with the compiler here in the expectation that the Dev-C++ =
community can fix compiler bugs. I decided that some people don't quite =
understand the relationship between IDE and compiler. What I was trying =
to say in a way was that if the problem is one of ANSI compliance in the =
compiler then the people responsible for that end of the system are the =
developers of GCC. Admittedly there can be occasions where the source of =
a problem is Dev-C++ or MinGW.

When I find a problem I try to narrow it down as much as possible, or =
even locate the source of it, before talking to anyone about it.

Jason.

RE: [Dev-C++] enum

[Ioannis V. <no...@ho...>]

Yes, the pause argument is system depedent, but the system() function
can be found to any system. You simply change "pause" to the correct
command of any system. I would do the following:
 
// system extension encapsulated under a portable interface
void pause()
{
 system("pause");
// or sleep() or whatever
}
 
 
 
Ioannis

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-----Original Message-----
From: dev...@li...
[mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf Of Bob
Wilson
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 4:08 PM
To: Dev-C++ User Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] enum


I've been think about this, and isn't the call to system("pause"); a
windows specific call and as such would not be portable to UNIX or any
other operating system?
 
Regards,
 
Bob
 

A more ANSI C++ compliant code would be:
 
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
 


int main ()
{
 using std::cout;
 using std::endl;
 using std::system;
 
 enum {Dog,Cat,Horse,Pig};
 
 int i;
    
 for (i = Dog; i <= Pig; i++)
     cout << "i = " << i << endl;
 
 
 system("pause");
 
 return 0;
}
 
 
or check the comments i have placed in your code.
 
 
Ioannis

RE: [Dev-C++] Dev-C++ Users Beware!

[Andres R. <lo...@ho...>]

Hello!
=20
You are right. =96ansi does not generate any warnings. I useed it with
=96pedantic option.
I used MSYS and MinGW (latest, see below)
>gcc -v
gcc version 2.95.3-6 (mingw special)
=20
I noticed that MinGW that ships with Dev-C++ 4.0(1) is slightly older.
>gcc =96v
gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
=20
I tried it with Dev-C++ 4.1 and =84original=93 compiler. I got worning I
mentioned.
I tried it on command line and it =84worked=93 fine also.
=20
Try playing around if you really want to see a little warning message ;)
=20
Andres.
=20
-----Original Message-----
From: dev...@li...
[mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf Of Bob
Wilson
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 7:12 PM
To: Dev-C++ User Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] Dev-C++ Users Beware!
=20
Andres,
=20
If it is GNUC extension, that greatly relieves my concern, however none
of the compiler switches you mention generate any warnings. I tried them
individually and in combination in both the compiler options and the
project options. It is possible that the Bloodshed IDE is not passing
the switches properly to the compiler, but I doubt it.=20
=20
Regards,
=20
Bob
-Yes. Variable sized arrays are GNUC extension.
=20
If you use =96ansi or =96pedantic switches on commandline, you get only
warning:
=20
test.cpp: In function `int main()':
test.cpp:12: warning: ANSI C++ forbids variable-size array `myArray'
=20

RE: [Dev-C++] Dev-C++ Users Beware!

[Ioannis V. <no...@ho...>]

 <http://run.to/noicys> 
-----Original Message-----
From: dev...@li...
[mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf Of Jason
Hardman
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 1:36 AM
To: Dev-C++
Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] Dev-C++ Users Beware!



Something people using Dev-C++ may not realise is that the supplied
compiler is MinGW and that it is a port of the GCC compilers as used on
linux and many other unix based OS's. The version of GCC that MinGW
supplies is 2.?? (I can't remember the exact number) which is fairly old
now, as the current linux version of GCC is 3.??. 
 

GCC 3.x is fairly new. In fact Suse Linux 7.3 that i have uses GCC 2.x
as the default compiler. The latest version of MINGW is pretty good.

 
 
 
The current MinGW version is not 100% standards compliant because of
this,  
 

Noone is yet. In fact MINGW is one of the most compliant compilers i
have ever seen, more compliant than Visual C++ 7 .NET for example.

 
 
 
 and I believe also that the developers of GCC made several additions to
it for use within Linux (or Unix?). 
 

Yes, but the MINGW team has added Win32 API support.

 
 
  I don't know all the details, so maybe someone with a bit more
knowledge can fill in the gaps, but it is well worth considering if you
are on the hunt for perfect ANSI compliant C++. 
 

Yes we all are.

 
 
 
Another point is that the developers of Dev-C++ and the developers MinGW
cannot be responsible when the compiler doesn't work in exactly the way
you expect.  
 

I did not understand what you mean  by that.

 
 
 On the brightside, you are getting a free, open-source, cross-platform
and non-proprietory compiler.
 
The source for the latest GCC versions is freely available, but AFAIK no
one has yet managed to produce a successful port of it to the windows
environment. You are welcome to try. 
 

As far as i know MING 3.x is currently being made.
 
 
 
Ioannis

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