Re: Question

[John W. Millaway]

> I recently upgraded my production build compiler to the released version of
> GCC3.0. I am running on a Red Hat 7.0 X86 box.     When I began compiling
> with the new version I immediatly had a bunch of errors. One of the errors in
> particular is in a Flex generated file. It looks like the version of flex I
> am using is not compatible with GCC3.0. In particular, the issue is with
> istream, the declaration of which changed in 3.0.
> 
> Does anyone know where I can get a Flex ( and a bison) that are compatible
> with GCC3.0 (aka generate GCC3.0 friendly code)? I have been unable to find
> them on the net, sources or binaries, for some reason, and rather than
> surfing all day, I figured I might try the mailing list. 

GCC 3.0 was released just three weeks ago. There have been no flex releases
since then. (The generated "C" code seems to work ok). There is a workaround
listed for istream on the "GCC 3.0 Caveats" page at gcc.gnu.org . If you get it
working, submit a patch!

-John


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