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machine: solbourne series 5e/902 (sun sparc compatible)
system: os/mp 4.1A.3 (based on sunos4.1.1)

i was able to build gcc-2.3.3 without any problems.  i was also able
to build libg++-2.3 equally error free.  all the libg++ tests seem to
have run just fine.  however, when i tried to run "tCurses" down in
the tests directory, i discovered that certain output was missing.
in particular, the format strings for the *print* methods were never
displayed, not in any form.  for example, the following text was
missing from the output.

     begx=0,maxx=79,begy=0,maxy=23,height=24,width=80
     printw test:13, A, Cstar, -1, 3.141593, 3.183099
     enter an int:
     number = 
     enter a char:
     char = 

yet "123" and "a" _did_ appear.  most peculiar.  with gcc-2.2.2 and
libg++-2.2, i was able to produce this output from the very same source
file, which i have included below.  this source file is merely a simplified
version of tCurses.cc.

can someone tell me the reason for the above behavior?  is there
something that i'm doing wrong?  is this a bug with one of the packages?

amos


//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#include <CursesW.h>

// a simple test/demo for CursesWindow.  with gcc-2.3.3 and libg++-2.3,
// none of the lines ending with "//**" produce the desired output strings.

int main
(void)
{
CursesWindow big(23, 79, 0, 0);

int i;
char c='A';

big.box('B','B');

big.refresh();

big.mvprintw(0,0,"begx=%d,maxx=%d,begy=%d,maxy=%d,height=%d,width=%d", //**
             big.begx(), big.maxx(), big.begy(), big.maxy(),
             big.height(), big.width());
big.refresh();

i=13;
const char * cptr = "Cstar";

long l = 0xffffffff;
double d= 3.1415926;
float f= 10.0/d;

big.mvprintw(2,2,"printw test:%d, %c, %s, %ld, %lf, %f\n",i,c,cptr,l,d,f); //**
big.refresh();

big.mvprintw(5,20,"enter an int:"); //**
big.refresh();
big.scanw("%d",&i);
big.move(6,20);
big.printw("number = %d\n",i); //**
big.refresh();

big.mvprintw(20,20,"enter a char:"); //**
big.refresh();
big.scanw("%c",&c);
big.move(21,20);
big.printw("char = %c\n",c); //**
big.refresh();
}

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amos@unt.edu                   Amos A. Gouaux                   (817) 565-4161
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