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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: g++ shared library segfaults
To: hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty)
Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 17:46:24 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <199705092336.QAA06620@rah.star-gate.com> from "Amancio Hasty" at May 9, 97 04:36:47 pm
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> >     for (long i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
> > 	   ViewerColorInfo& info = _color_info->item_ref(i);
> > 	   if (strcmp(info._name, name) == 0) {
> > 	       break;
> > 	   }
> >        }
> > 
> >    later on it checks the value of i. I change the scope of i and doc just
> >    fired right up. Will "fix" similar referencs in doc.
> > 
> > Uh, that's not an illegal reference.  The scope of i extends to the
> > end of the containing block, not the end of the "for" statement.

For what it's worth, MSCVC++ and Borland C++ and Oregon C++ all have
this same "compiler bug".  Are you *sure* about the determination of
scope?


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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