Re: Compiling PowerLoom C++

I don't think we've tried compiling PowerLoom with gcc version 4.4.x  =

yet.  Typically, new releases of GCC tend to get a bit pickier about  =

various C++ constructs, and it sounds a bit like that is what is  =

happening here.

We'll have to look into this.

On Feb 14, 2010, at 4:40 AM, Cameron Ross wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying the compile the C++ version of PowerLoom version 3.2.52.   =

> Running make from .../native/cpp/stella gives copious errors similar  =

> to: hierarchy.cc:97: error: cast from =91stella::Object*=92 to  =

> =91stella::boolean=92 loses precision.  This error refers to what seems  =

> to be a recurring theme throughout PowerLoom's C++ codebase.  Just  =

> wondering why the boolean cast is required.  Also, wondering why its  =

> not compiling for me, when clearly this idiom must have worked with  =

> gcc at some point.  I'm running 64bit Ubuntu Linux 9.10 with g++  =

> version 4.4.1.  Note that the code associated with this specific  =

> error is:
>
>     if (!((boolean)(self))) {
>           stream << "!NULL!";
>     }
>
> Thanks,
> Cameron Ross
>
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