Re: Problems with freetype.h

[David Turner]

Hi Pavel,

> 
> On Mon, 22 May 2000, Pedriana, Paul wrote:
> 
> >    EXPORT_DEF(FT_Error)
> >    FT_Outline_Get_Bitmap(FT_Library library,
> >       FT_Outline* outline, FT_Bitmap* map);
> >...
> > These declarations cause compile failures under C++
> > because the names "map" and "matrix" are types that are
> > part of the C++ standard template library (STL).
> 
> Declarators can introduce variable or parameter names that hide existing
> names, including type names and template names. A compiler choking on such
> a declaration is broken...unless it chokes because some broken header
> (I shall name no <windows.h> here :>) #defined the name to something
> silly.
> 
> BTW: IMHO, EXPORT_DEF() should be renamed to FT_EXPORT_DEF() in
> freetype.h.
> 
That have been done, thanks for the suggestion :-)

> > A trivial fix would be to simply modify the declarations
> > to use something like "map_" instead of "map", or whatever
> > would be appropriate for freetype.
> 
Well, in this case, it was simply "bitmap" ;-)

> A trivial fix would be to remove parameter names completely but it should
> not be necessary.
> 
Yep..

- David

> --Pavel Kankovsky aka Peak  [ Boycott Microsoft--http://www.vcnet.com/bms ]
> "Resistance is futile. Open your source code and prepare for assimilation."