Re: [ggt-devel] GMTL compile errors with VC7

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Patrick Hartling wrote:
> I have had to make some changes to GMTL to get Gadgeteer compiling with 
> VC7.  I don't think they are too nasty, but I thought they should be 
> reviewed before being committed.  The first attached file contains the 
> diffs made against the latest GMTL.
> 
> Even with those changes, I have run into some other problems compiling 
> code that uses GMTL.  The second attached file contains a diff I made 
> against a Gadgeteer file (gadget/Devices/Sim/SimPosition.cpp and 
> gadget/Type/Glove.cpp).  The compiler couldn't determine the second 
> template parameter to gmtl::makeTrans<gmtl::Matrix44f>(), so I added it 
> in manually.  I'm not sure if this is the best solution, but the code 
> does compile.  Does anyone have a better suggestion?
> 
> Finally, I've run into a problem I haven't figured out how to fix.  
> Again compiling Gadgeteer, VC7 generates a bunch of problems regarding 
> the use of gmtl::xform in gadget/Type/Glove.cpp.  The error output is 
> the third attachment.  I have no idea how to fix this, but once that 
> file compiles, all of Gadgeteer will compile on Win32.  :)
> 
>  -Patrick

[snip]

BTW, in case the actual error is lost in the output below, it's on line 
166 of Xforms.h.  I'm wondering if maybe I didn't screw something up in 
making changes to the gmtl::makeTrans<gmtl::Matrix44f>() calls in Glove.cpp.

> msvccc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -D_GADGET_BUILD_ -ID:/VR/juggler/cygwin/cygwin/home/Administrator/patrick/juggler/build.win32/modules/gadgeteer -I/home/Administrator/patrick/juggler/build.win32/..//modules/gadgeteer  /nologo /nologo /W3 /GR /GX /EHc /QIfdiv /QI0f -ID:/VR/Juggler/cygwin/cygwin/home/administrator/patrick/nspr-4.2/include/nspr -ID:/VR/juggler/cygwin/cygwin/home/Administrator/patrick/juggler/build.win32/instlinks/include -ID:/VR/juggler/cygwin/cygwin/home/administrator/patrick/xerces-c1_5_1-win32/include -ID:/VR/juggler/cygwin/cygwin/home/Administrator/patrick/juggler/build.win32/instlinks/include -ID:/VR/Juggler/cygwin/cygwin/home/administrator/patrick/juggler/modules/GMTL /W3 /GR /GX /EHc /QIfdiv /QI0f -D_DEBUG /Od /GZ /Z7 /MDd -DPIC /c /FoD:/VR/juggler/cygwin/cygwin/home/Administrator/patrick/juggler/build.win32/modules/gadgeteer/obj/WinNT/WIN32//debug/gadget/Glove.obj /home/Administrator/patrick/juggler/build.win32/..//modules/gadgeteer/gadget/Type/Glove.cpp

[snip]

Here's the error output:

> D:\VR\juggler\cygwin\cygwin\home\administrator\patrick\juggler\modules\GMTL\gmtl\Xforms.h(166) : error C2667: 'gmtl::xform' : none of 5 overloads have a best conversion
>         D:\VR\juggler\cygwin\cygwin\home\administrator\patrick\juggler\modules\GMTL\gmtl\Xforms.h(243): could be 'gmtl::Point<DATA_TYPE,> &gmtl::xform(gmtl::Point<DATA_TYPE,> &,const gmtl::Matrix<DATA_TYPE,,> &,const gmtl::Point<DATA_TYPE,> &)'
>         D:\VR\juggler\cygwin\cygwin\home\administrator\patrick\juggler\modules\GMTL\gmtl\Xforms.h(207): or       'gmtl::Point<DATA_TYPE,> &gmtl::xform(gmtl::Point<DATA_TYPE,> &,const gmtl::Matrix<DATA_TYPE,,> &,const gmtl::Point<DATA_TYPE,> &)'
>         D:\VR\juggler\cygwin\cygwin\home\administrator\patrick\juggler\modules\GMTL\gmtl\Xforms.h(154): or       'gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,> &gmtl::xform(gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,> &,const gmtl::Matrix<DATA_TYPE,,> &,const gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,> &)'
>         D:\VR\juggler\cygwin\cygwin\home\administrator\patrick\juggler\modules\GMTL\gmtl\Xforms.h(115): or       'gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,> &gmtl::xform(gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,> &,const gmtl::Matrix<DATA_TYPE,,> &,const gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,> &)'
>         D:\VR\juggler\cygwin\cygwin\home\administrator\patrick\juggler\modules\GMTL\gmtl\Xforms.h(68): or       'gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,3> &gmtl::xform(gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,3> &,const gmtl::Quat<DATA_TYPE> &,const gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,3> &)'
>         while trying to match the argument list '(gmtl::Point<DATA_TYPE,SIZE>, const gmtl::Matrix<DATA_TYPE,ROWS,COLS>, gmtl::Point<DATA_TYPE,SIZE>)'
>         with
>         [
>             DATA_TYPE=float,
>             SIZE=4
>         ]
>         and
>         [
>             DATA_TYPE=float,
>             ROWS=4,
>             COLS=4
>         ]
>         and
>         [
>             DATA_TYPE=float,
>             SIZE=4
>         ]
>         D:\VR\juggler\cygwin\cygwin\home\administrator\patrick\juggler\modules\GMTL\gmtl\Xforms.h(195) : see reference to function template instantiation 'gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,SIZE> &gmtl::xform(gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,SIZE> &,const gmtl::Matrix<DATA_TYPE,ROWS,COLS> &,const gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,SIZE> &)' being compiled
>         with
>         [
>             DATA_TYPE=float,
>             SIZE=3,
>             ROWS=4,
>             COLS=4
>         ]
>         D:\VR\juggler\cygwin\cygwin\home\administrator\patrick\juggler\modules\gadgeteer\gadget\Type\Glove.cpp(225) : see reference to function template instantiation 'gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,SIZE> gmtl::operator *(const gmtl::Matrix<DATA_TYPE,ROWS,COLS> &,const gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,SIZE> &)' being compiled
>         with
>         [
>             DATA_TYPE=float,
>             SIZE=3,
>             ROWS=4,
>             COLS=4
>         ]
> D:\VR\juggler\cygwin\cygwin\home\administrator\patrick\juggler\modules\GMTL\gmtl\Xforms.h(166) : error C2668: 'gmtl::xform' : ambiguous call to overloaded function
>         D:\VR\juggler\cygwin\cygwin\home\administrator\patrick\juggler\modules\GMTL\gmtl\Xforms.h(243): could be 'gmtl::Point<DATA_TYPE,> &gmtl::xform(gmtl::Point<DATA_TYPE,> &,const gmtl::Matrix<DATA_TYPE,,> &,const gmtl::Point<DATA_TYPE,> &)'
>         D:\VR\juggler\cygwin\cygwin\home\administrator\patrick\juggler\modules\GMTL\gmtl\Xforms.h(207): or       'gmtl::Point<DATA_TYPE,> &gmtl::xform(gmtl::Point<DATA_TYPE,> &,const gmtl::Matrix<DATA_TYPE,,> &,const gmtl::Point<DATA_TYPE,> &)'
>         D:\VR\juggler\cygwin\cygwin\home\administrator\patrick\juggler\modules\GMTL\gmtl\Xforms.h(154): or       'gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,> &gmtl::xform(gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,> &,const gmtl::Matrix<DATA_TYPE,,> &,const gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,> &)'
>         D:\VR\juggler\cygwin\cygwin\home\administrator\patrick\juggler\modules\GMTL\gmtl\Xforms.h(115): or       'gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,> &gmtl::xform(gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,> &,const gmtl::Matrix<DATA_TYPE,,> &,const gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,> &)'
>         D:\VR\juggler\cygwin\cygwin\home\administrator\patrick\juggler\modules\GMTL\gmtl\Xforms.h(68): or       'gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,3> &gmtl::xform(gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,3> &,const gmtl::Quat<DATA_TYPE> &,const gmtl::Vec<DATA_TYPE,3> &)'
>         while trying to match the argument list '(gmtl::Point<DATA_TYPE,SIZE>, const gmtl::Matrix<DATA_TYPE,ROWS,COLS>, gmtl::Point<DATA_TYPE,SIZE>)'
>         with
>         [
>             DATA_TYPE=float,
>             SIZE=4
>         ]
>         and
>         [
>             DATA_TYPE=float,
>             ROWS=4,
>             COLS=4
>         ]
>         and
>         [
>             DATA_TYPE=float,
>             SIZE=4
>         ]
> make[8]: *** [D:/VR/juggler/cygwin/cygwin/home/Administrator/patrick/juggler/build.win32/modules/gadgeteer/obj/WinNT/WIN32//debug/gadget/Glove.obj] Error 2
> make[7]: *** [dbg] Error 2
> make[6]: *** [Type] Error 2
> make[5]: *** [dbg] Error 2
> make[4]: *** [gadget] Error 2
> make[3]: *** [obj.dbg.build] Error 2
> make[2]: *** [debug] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [recursive] Error 1
> make: *** [debug] Error 2

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