Re: Compiling pdumper.c fails with gcc 4.7.2

[Robert Pluim]

martin rudalics <address@hidden> writes:

>>> With gcc 4.7.2 compiling pdumper.c fails thusly:
>>>
>>>    CC       pdumper.o
>>> ../../src/pdumper.c: In function ‘emacs_offset’:
>>> ../../src/pdumper.c:718:27: error: declaration of ‘emacs_ptr’ shadows a 
>>> global declaration [-Werror=shadow]
>>> ../../src/pdumper.c:710:1: error: shadowed declaration is here 
>>> [-Werror=shadow]
>>>
>>> Is there any practicable way to fix this?
>>
>> Sure, the emacs_ptr function is static, so it can change name easily
>> enough. Something like the following works for me:
>
> Thank you very much.  I verified that it would have worked here hadn't
> Eli installed a different fix.

Eli chose a better, shorter name than I did :-)

Robert