Re: [lmi] [PATCH] Weird fix for clang-7 build

[Greg Chicares]

On 2019-06-18 23:50, Vadim Zeitlin wrote:
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>  Hence the following patch is sufficient to resolve the problem:

Testing now. I'll probably be able to push it before hitting "Send".

>  However several things are still unclear to me:
> 
> - Where/how exactly are these symbols referenced?
> - Why does the problem only happen with clang and not gcc?
> - Why has it only started happening recently, when there hasn't been any
>   changes involving multidimgrid_safe.tpp since many years. Perhaps it's
>   due to clang version change, I could try building lmi with older clang to
>   see if the problem happens with it too.

I've never understood that code. I'd much rather replace it than try
to understand it.

>  What I'd like to know is whether you can just apply the trivial patch
> above so that lmi builds with clang out of the box

All tests succeeded. Pushing now.

> or if you'd like me to
> spend more time on the questions above to fully understand what's going on
> here?

No, that might be "mucho m??s arduo quetejer una cuerda de arena o que
amonedar el viento sin cara" as Borges put it.