RE: [Plib-devel] Compile Problems with MSVC

[Vallevand, M. K <Mar...@UN...>]

Hmmm.  I regularly compile PLIB with MSVC v6.  I don't remember
this problem.  It seems to compile right out of the box.  I'll
check again at home tonight.  I have version 1.1.9.

Regards.
Mark K Vallevand   ma...@rs...
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 Inside of a dog, its too dark to read.  - Groucho

> Hi,
> 
> I have got a compile problem in file ssgSimpleState.cxx. The four
> lines
> 
>   specular_colour = src -> specular_colour ;
>   emission_colour = src -> emission_colour ;
>    ambient_colour = src ->  ambient_colour ;
>    diffuse_colour = src ->  diffuse_colour ;
> 
> dont compile under MSVC. The error
> is 
> "=": The left operand has to be a L-Value.
> 
> specular_colour etc are member-variables of 
> ssgSimpleState with type sgVec4.
> When I change the type in file ssg.h
> into SGfloat * then it compiles, but 
> I see this as a kludge.
> However, I found no other solution :-(.
> 
> Bye bye,
> Wolfram Kuss.