[omniORB] omniidl2 compiler bug ????? in omniORB2.6.0

[Sai-Lai Lo]

Yes, this bug in omniidl2 affects both HPUX and AIX port. AFAIK the bug
does not affect other platforms because the preprocessor on the other platforms
do not generate the offending #line <line no> directive.

I'll be releasing 2.6.1 shortly. The bug is fixed in that release.
Stay tuned.

Sai-Lai


>>>>> Gary D Duzan writes:

>    I haven't checked your IDL specifically, but it sounds somewhat like
> a bug I uncovered recently which had to do with proprocessor #line
> directives. Try the attached patch and see if it helps. You'll probably
> have to do a:

> =>
> =>it's me again and I have found a strange behaviour of the idl compiler
> =>in omniORB 2.6.0.
> =>It was possible to reduce my very complex idl files to an example which
> =>shows following
> =>error while compile time:
> =>
> =>omniidl2: "/tmp/idli_a05314.cc", line 16: error in lookup of symbol:
> =>MyException
> =>omniidl2: Main.idl: found 1 error
> =>
> =>This error indicates that the include statement doesn't work. Some
> =>changes to the code
> =>leave to a complete compilation (all changes to Main.idl)
> =>
> =>If I delete the comment in the first line -> it works
> =>If I delete the comment only, leaving two lines before the #ifndef -> it
> =>doesn't work
> =>If I insert a comment line "// abcdefg" between #define and first
> =>#include -> it works
> =>
> =>I think it's very very very strange. Does anybody be able to reconstruct
> =>this error with his
> =>2.6 idl compiler? If yes it could be a bug (one have to be careful with
> =>such a statement right?)
> =>If no, it could help us to find hints for the error source
> =>
> =>Best regards
> =>
> =>Ralf Walther

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