[omniORB] Differences on RH and DEC

[Bruce Visscher]

Matthew,

What version of cxx are you using on OSF?  This sounds like a known
problem with the optimizer that comes with version 6.2 of Compaq C++.

Here is a reproducer:

------------------------------- TEST.CXX -------------------------------
#define __USE_STD_IOSTREAM
#include <iostream>

struct COMM_FAILURE{};

struct X {
  X() {
    flags.forward_location=0;
    flags.x1=0;
    flags.x2=0;
  }
  struct {
    unsigned forward_location : 1;
    unsigned x1 : 1;
    unsigned x2 : 1;
  } flags;

  void f() {
    int fwd;
    while (true) {
      try {
        fwd=flags.forward_location;
        doSomeWork();
      }
      catch (COMM_FAILURE& e) {
        if (fwd) {
          processLocationForward();
        } else {
          throw;
        }
      }
    }
  }
  void doSomeWork() {
    throw COMM_FAILURE();
  }

  void processLocationForward() {
    std::cout << "Here we go again!" << std::endl;
  }

};

int main() {
  X x;
  try {
    x.f();
  }
  catch (COMM_FAILURE) {
    std::cout << "Did the right thing!" << std::endl;
  }
}
------------------------------- TEST.CXX -------------------------------

If you compile and run this, it should say "Did the right thing!".  If
it says "Here we go again!" over and over, you need a newer compiler. 
According to Compaq, version 6.3 fixes this bug on all platforms.  I
believe version 6.3 is the current release on Tru64.  It is in Beta on
OpenVMS.  It appears to be fixed on OpenVMS using the Beta compiler.

HTH,

Bruce
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Bruce Visscher                                        visschb@rjrt.com
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