Re: [Matplotlib-users] "typename" compile problem with pygtk (solution)

[John H. <jdh...@ac...>]

>>>>> "Rich" == Rich Drewes <dr...@in...> writes:

    Rich> Hello, Several users (including Humufr and Niklas Volbers)
    Rich> have reported on this list a compile error building
    Rich> matplotlib with pygtk.  The error looks something like this:

    Rich> In file included from src/_gtkagg.cpp:8:
    Rich> /usr/include/pygtk-2.0/pygobject.h:124: error: parse error
    Rich> before `typename" /usr/include/pygtk-2.0/pygobject.h:131:
    Rich> error: parse error before `typename"

    Rich> I also experienced this problem.  It appears to be some sort
    Rich> of namespace collision on the token "typename" (what this is
    Rich> colliding with isn't clear).  By changing "typename" to
    Rich> "typname" or some other spelling in
    Rich> /usr/include/pygtk-2.0/pygobject.h I was then able to build
    Rich> matplotlib successfully.

Don't do that!  That looks brtually hackish.

See http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq.html#PYGTK24