[vxi] List archives??? [was Re: Error while compiling VXI2.0.1]

[Lutz Birkhahn <lbirkhahn@adomo.com>]

Harish wrote:
> /usr/include/g++-3/std/bastring.h:343: cannot convert `const char *' to
> `const VXIchar *' in return

Being pretty new to this list, I wonder if there are any list archives planned
or even better, in operation? The vxi-discuss Web page only says "to be
added ...". I would imagine a lot of questions could be prevented if you
were able to look at past messages (and search through them). If there's
really no archive yet, I might look into it, can't be too difficult...

/lutz

P.S. The answer to Harish' question was posted yesterday:

in /usr/include/g++-3/std/bastring.h:343
replace
  const charT* c_str () const
    { if (length () == 0) return ""; terminate (); return data (); }
by
  const charT* c_str () const
    { const charT* null_str = reinterpret_cast<const charT*>("");
       if (length () == 0) return null_str; terminate (); return data (); }


Actually, I wonder if it wouldn't be better to remove the temporary variable.
But then, it probably doesn't matter (*if* the compiler does some sort of
optimization):

  const charT* c_str () const
    { if (length () == 0) return reinterpret_cast<const charT*>("");
      terminate (); return data ();
    }

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