Re: Compiling CVS 2.7.16 with g++ 3.3.4

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Andreas Scherer wrote:
> in order to compile (i.e., "rpmbuild -ba lilypond.spec") the latest CVS 
> contents on my system (SuSE 9.2 with g++ 3.3.4; all required package updates 
> are present), I have to applyto file <lily/font-config-scheme.cc>  the small 
> patch attached to this mail.
>
> I would be very pleased to see the cast applied directly in the original 
> source file, so that a clean build from the CVS sources would be possible 
> even with the slightly antique compiler.

I don't understand this patch. Why doesn't str need a cast? What's the 
difference between reinterpret_cast<const shar*> and (const char*)


>         printf ("family %s\n ", str);
>         if (FcPatternGetString (fs->fonts[j], "designsize", 0, &str) == 
> FcResultMatch)
>         printf ("designsize %s\n ", str);
> !       printf ("%s\n", reinterpret_cast< const char* >( font ));
>         free (font);
>       }
>   }


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