[omniORB] omniEvents 2.6.1 install error on irix6

[Maks Verver]

Hi,

Alex Tingle wrote:
> You are not quite right to say that temporary objects are always
> const. I CAN call a non-const method on a temporary object, BUT I
> cannot bind a temporary object to a non-const reference. I don't
> think my code breaks this rule here, so I suspect SGI's compiler
> may be incorrect.
I see. Although I couldn't find the exact rules in the '97 standard 
draft, apparently I memorized the rule as "treat temporaries as const", 
which worked for me, but is too restrictive. I stand corrected.

> However, just because you CAN do a thing, doesn't mean you SHOULD.
> I think I'll take out this code - it's a bit too clever clever for
> its own good. ;-)
I'm more inclined to say the C++ standard is too elaborate for it's own 
good; I wonder how many percentage of C++ programmers know all of these 
details by heart and I can only image how often violations of the 
specification in applications as well as compilers are only discovered 
'by accident' like this. But that's a completely different topic.

Kind regards,
Maks Verver.