Re: error: reference to 'group' is ambiguous

On 10/14/2011 08:18 AM, Jeffrey Ratcliffe wrote:
> I'm getting this error wrapping a C++ library:
>
> Group.c: In function 'void XS_Foo__Group_new(PerlInterpreter*, CV*)':
> Group.c:84: error: reference to 'group' is ambiguous
> /usr/include/grp.h:44: error: candidates are: struct group
> group.h:41: error:                 class foo::group
>
> /usr/include/grp.h is pulled in perl.h, so obviously compiling with
> -nostdlib is no possible.
>
> If I try to make the type unambiguous by specifying foo::group in the
> ..xs, then I get typemap problems, which get worse if I include foo::
> in group in the typemap as well.
>
> Any suggestions?

You can get this to work with typemaps. Have a look at how Mike 
Sheldrake solved this same problem (different symbol; Polygon on win32) 
for Math::Clipper. Should have been a few weeks/months ago.

Source repository at https://github.com/tsee/Math-Clipper

Best regards,
Steffen