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The following inline function taken from the file BitString.h in the
libg++-2.3 distribution does not compile properly with gcc -O (version
2.3.3) on a HP Apollo 9000 series 700 running hpux 8.07:

inline BitString shorttoBitString(unsigned short w) return r
{
   r.rep = BStr_alloc(0, &w, 0, BITSTRBITS, BITSTRBITS);
}

Routines (e.g., tBitString) using this inline function dump core.  The
problem seems to be in the evaluation of the address of w.  Using a
temporary variable for w circumvents the problem:

inline BitString shorttoBitString(unsigned short w) return r
{
   unsigned short u = w;
   r.rep = BStr_alloc(0, &u, 0, BITSTRBITS, BITSTRBITS);
}

There is a similar problem taking the address of a character variable
in the module String.h.

Dave Anglin
National Research Council of Canada