[gnugo-devel] VC compile problems in Debug mode

[Wietze Brandsma]

I cannot compile Gnu Go 3.1.23 with VC in Debug mode, but the Release
build goes just fine. 
I have this compile problem with Debug mode also with Gnu Go 3.1.22 and
3.1.21
I am using a Windows 2000 box, does anyone else with access to VC have
the
same problem?

This problem can be fixed with unchecking "Disable Language Extensions"
for mkpat in the Catagory "Customize" of the "C/C++" tab for the "Win 32
Debug" Settings in the "Project Settings..." dialog.
This is the same as removing the /Za "Project Option" for mkpat.

>From the VC help file:

/Za Disable Language Extensions (check box selected) ANSI C
compatibility. Language constructs not compatible with ANSI C are
flagged as errors. 
/Ze (Check box cleared) Enables Microsoft extensions. 


The error messages I got were:

--------------------Configuration: mkpat - Win32
Debug--------------------
Compiling...
Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 12.00.8168 for
80x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1984-1998. All rights reserved.
cl /MLd /Za /W3 /Gm /GX /ZI /Od /I ".." /I "..\utils" /D "_DEBUG" /D
"HAVE_CONFIG_H" /D "WIN32" /D
"_CONSOLE" /D "_MBCS" /FR"Debug/" /Fo"Debug/" /Fd"Debug/" /FD /GZ /c 
   "D:\vc\gnugo-3.1.23\patterns\mkpat.c"
mkpat.c
c:\program files\visual studio\vc98\include\winnt.h(357) : error C2467:
illegal declaration of anonymous 'struct'

[snip]

Error executing cl.exe.

gnugo.exe - 79 error(s), 1 warning(s)


I have included a patch for mkpat.dsp which fixes this problem.

Wietze
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diff -ur gnugo-3.1.23/patterns/mkpat.dsp gnugo-3.1.23.1/patterns/mkpat.dsp
--- gnugo-3.1.23/patterns/mkpat.dsp     Tue Oct  2 19:36:59 2001
+++ gnugo-3.1.23.1/patterns/mkpat.dsp   Mon Jan 28 22:05:20 2002
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 # PROP Ignore_Export_Lib 0
 # PROP Target_Dir ""
 # ADD BASE CPP /nologo /W3 /GX /O2 /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_CONSOLE" /D 
"_MBCS" /YX /FD /c
-# ADD CPP /W3 /GX /O2 /I ".." /I "..\utils" /D "NDEBUG" /D "WIN32" /D 
"_CONSOLE" /D "_MBCS" /D "HAVE_CONFIG_H" /FD /c
+# ADD CPP /Ze /W3 /GX /O2 /I ".." /I "..\utils" /D "NDEBUG" /D "WIN32" /D 
"_CONSOLE" /D "_MBCS" /D "HAVE_CONFIG_H" /FD /c
 # SUBTRACT CPP /nologo /YX
 # ADD BASE RSC /l 0x409 /d "NDEBUG"
 # ADD RSC /l 0x409 /d "NDEBUG"
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 # PROP Ignore_Export_Lib 0
 # PROP Target_Dir ""
 # ADD BASE CPP /nologo /W3 /Gm /GX /ZI /Od /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D 
"_CONSOLE" /D "_MBCS" /YX /FD /GZ /c
-# ADD CPP /Za /W3 /Gm /GX /ZI /Od /I ".." /I "..\utils" /D "_DEBUG" /D 
"HAVE_CONFIG_H" /D "WIN32" /D "_CONSOLE" /D "_MBCS" /FR /FD /GZ /c
+# ADD CPP /Ze /W3 /Gm /GX /ZI /Od /I ".." /I "..\utils" /D "_DEBUG" /D 
"HAVE_CONFIG_H" /D "WIN32" /D "_CONSOLE" /D "_MBCS" /FR /FD /GZ /c
 # SUBTRACT CPP /nologo /YX
 # ADD BASE RSC /l 0x409 /d "_DEBUG"
 # ADD RSC /l 0x409 /d "_DEBUG"