[omniORB] CORBA.h and std::min collision in VC++ 7.1

[Vladislav Vrtunski]

Stefan Wegele wrote, On 3/13/2007 10:02 AM:
>
> Hello,
>
>  
>
> I have a problem using std::min and a corba object in the same file.
> Here is the example:
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>  
>
> #include <iostream>
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> #include <omniORB4/CORBA.h>
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> int main(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
>
> {
>
>       long a=23, b=345;
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>       long c = std::min(a, b);
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>       std::cout << c << std::endl;
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>       return 0;
>
> }
>
>  
>
> I get:
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> error C2589: '(' : illegal token on right side of '::'
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> error C2059: syntax error : '::'
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> for the line with std::min.
>
> If I remove the include of Corba.h then it works perfectly.
>
>  
>
> I declared: __WIN32__,__x86__,_WIN32_WINNT=0x0400, __NT__ and
> __OSVERSION__=4
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> VC++ version: 7.1.6
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>  
>
> Thanks, Stefan
>

Sounds like you have a macro definition of min somewhere in the headers
included by CORBA.h. Try
#undef min
bellow the
#include <omniORB4/CORBA.h>
line.

I think that this is a known problem on Win32. Take a look at this link:
http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/14540

Regards,

Vladislav