xerces 2.6.0 has a file very similar to this:

#include <stdio.h>

class XMLString
{
public:
const wchar_t* findAny ();
wchar_t* findAny ();
private:
int a;
};

int main()
{
return 0;
}


C:\ws>dmc -cpp xmlstring.cpp
static wchar_t *findAny ();
^
xmlstring.cpp(7) : Error: 'XMLString::findAny' is already defined
--- errorlevel 1

g++ 3.3.3 does not err whist compiling.  Neither does xlc, aCC, or studio

"Anuj Goyal" <Anuj_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:d5jshk$d55$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> xerces 2.6.0 has a file very similar to this:
>
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> class XMLString
> {
> public:
> const wchar_t* findAny ();
> wchar_t* findAny ();
> private:
> int a;
> };
>
> int main()
> {
> return 0;
> }
>
>
> C:\ws>dmc -cpp xmlstring.cpp
> static wchar_t *findAny ();
> ^
> xmlstring.cpp(7) : Error: 'XMLString::findAny' is already defined

The 'static' isn't in the example code??

> --- errorlevel 1

That's correct. After all, for:
    findAny();
how can the compiler tell which function to call?

my apologies, I posted the wrong code.... unfortunatley this one has more complexity.

from XMLString.hpp (xerces 260)

### DMC
C:\ws>cat xmlstring.cpp
#include <stdio.h>

class XMLString
{
public:
static const char* findAny ( const char* const a, const char* const b);
static       char* findAny (       char* const a, const char* const b);
};

int
main ()
{
return 0;
}

C:\ws>dmc xmlstring.cpp
static       char* findAny (       char* const a, const char* const b);
^
xmlstring.cpp(7) : Error: 'XMLString::findAny' is already defined
--- errorlevel 1




### g++
[0305][u35354354@infong242:work]$
[0305][u35354354@infong242:work]$
[0305][u35354354@infong242:work]$ cat xmlstring.cpp
#include <stdio.h>

class XMLString
{
public:
static const char* findAny ( const char* const a, const char* const b);
static       char* findAny (       char* const a, const char* const b);
};

int main()
{
return 0;
}
[0305][u35354354@infong242:work]$ g++ -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.4/specs
gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)
[0305][u35354354@infong242:work]$ g++ xmlstring.cpp
[0305][u35354354@infong242:work]$

#no error


>"Anuj Goyal" <Anuj_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:d5jshk$d55$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>> xerces 2.6.0 has a file very similar to this:
>>
>> #include <stdio.h>
>>
>> class XMLString
>> {
>> public:
>> const wchar_t* findAny ();
>> wchar_t* findAny ();
>> private:
>> int a;
>> };
>>
>> int main()
>> {
>> return 0;
>> }
>>
>>
>> C:\ws>dmc -cpp xmlstring.cpp
>> static wchar_t *findAny ();
>> ^
>> xmlstring.cpp(7) : Error: 'XMLString::findAny' is already defined
>
>The 'static' isn't in the example code??
>
>> --- errorlevel 1
>
>That's correct. After all, for:
>    findAny();
>how can the compiler tell which function to call?
>
>

#### something with statics is causing a problem.

C:\ws>cat xmlstring.cpp
#include <stdio.h>

class XMLString
{
public:
static const char* findAny ( const char* const a);
static       char* findAny (       char* const a);
};

int
main ()
{
return 0;
}

C:\ws>dmc -cpp xmlstring.cpp
static       char* findAny (       char* const a);
^
xmlstring.cpp(7) : Error: 'XMLString::findAny' is already defined
--- errorlevel 1


##### with 'static' gone it compiles.


C:\ws>cat xmlstring.cpp
#include <stdio.h>

class XMLString
{
public:
const char* findAny ( const char* const a);
char* findAny (       char* const a);
};

int
main ()
{
return 0;
}

C:\ws>dmc -cpp xmlstring.cpp
link xmlstring,,,user32+kernel32/noi;

Looks like a compiler bug.

I've been experiencing similar const confusions with DMC++ in STLSoft, in terms of making a pointer-to-const const itself, i.e.

    template <typename C>
    C const *someFunc(C const *s1, C const *const s2, C delim);

DMC++ fails to find an instantiation of someFunc() unless s2 is changed to be "C const*".


"Anuj Goyal" <Anuj_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:d5kdso$q45$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> my apologies, I posted the wrong code.... unfortunatley this one has more complexity.
>
> from XMLString.hpp (xerces 260)
>
> ### DMC
> C:\ws>cat xmlstring.cpp
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> class XMLString
> {
> public:
> static const char* findAny ( const char* const a, const char* const b);
> static       char* findAny (       char* const a, const char* const b);
> };
>
> int
> main ()
> {
> return 0;
> }
>
> C:\ws>dmc xmlstring.cpp
> static       char* findAny (       char* const a, const char* const b);
> ^
> xmlstring.cpp(7) : Error: 'XMLString::findAny' is already defined
> --- errorlevel 1
>
>
>
>
> ### g++
> [0305][u35354354@infong242:work]$
> [0305][u35354354@infong242:work]$
> [0305][u35354354@infong242:work]$ cat xmlstring.cpp
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> class XMLString
> {
> public:
> static const char* findAny ( const char* const a, const char* const b);
> static       char* findAny (       char* const a, const char* const b);
> };
>
> int main()
> {
> return 0;
> }
> [0305][u35354354@infong242:work]$ g++ -v
> Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.4/specs
> gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)
> [0305][u35354354@infong242:work]$ g++ xmlstring.cpp
> [0305][u35354354@infong242:work]$
>
> #no error
>
>
>>"Anuj Goyal" <Anuj_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:d5jshk$d55$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>>> xerces 2.6.0 has a file very similar to this:
>>>
>>> #include <stdio.h>
>>>
>>> class XMLString
>>> {
>>> public:
>>> const wchar_t* findAny ();
>>> wchar_t* findAny ();
>>> private:
>>> int a;
>>> };
>>>
>>> int main()
>>> {
>>> return 0;
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> C:\ws>dmc -cpp xmlstring.cpp
>>> static wchar_t *findAny ();
>>> ^
>>> xmlstring.cpp(7) : Error: 'XMLString::findAny' is already defined
>>
>>The 'static' isn't in the example code??
>>
>>> --- errorlevel 1
>>
>>That's correct. After all, for:
>>    findAny();
>>how can the compiler tell which function to call?
>>
>>
>
> 

can it be fixed? or is it a FOL (fact of life).

>Looks like a compiler bug.