Re: [wxperl-users] build from cvs fails

[Mattia B. <mat...@li...>]

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 11:35:23 +0200
Jouke Visser <jo...@pv...> wrote:

  Hi,

> I tried to build wxPerl from cvs (after first successfully installing 
> Alien::wxWidgets from cvs), because I wanted to test my wrapping of 
> Wx::StaticText::Wrap, but it fails, ending the output with the following:

> ..\..\cpp/helpers.h(276) : warning C4510: 'wxPliPrototype' : default 
> constructor
>   could not be generated
>          ..\..\cpp/helpers.h(272) : see declaration of 'wxPliPrototype'
> ..\..\cpp/helpers.h(276) : warning C4610: struct 'wxPliPrototype' can 
> never be i
> nstantiated - user defined constructor required

  Stupid VC++, you have no business issuing this warning.

> XRC.c(372) : error C2664: 'bool (struct interpreter *,const struct 
> wxPliPrototyp
> e &,int,bool)' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'const unsigned char 
> []' to 'co
> nst struct wxPliPrototype &'
>          Reason: cannot convert from 'const unsigned char []' to 'const 
> struct wx
> PliPrototype'
>          No constructor could take the source type, or constructor 
> overload resol
> ution was ambiguous
> XRC.c(373) : error C2664: 'bool (struct interpreter *,const struct 
> wxPliPrototyp
> e &,int,bool)' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'const unsigned char 
> []' to 'co
> nst struct wxPliPrototype &'
>          Reason: cannot convert from 'const unsigned char []' to 'const 
> struct wx
> PliPrototype'
>          No constructor could take the source type, or constructor 
> overload resol
> ution was ambiguous

> Is there something that I'm doing wrong, or is the cvs HEAD not 
> buildable? ;-)

  No, and no :-) just the build system is not as smart as it could be.
Just "rm overload" and remake. Or (better) nmake distclean and remake.

HTH
Mattia