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Re: stdio.h problems on i386-sysv

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From: Ron Guilmette
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 05:46
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In article <36:joerg.winckler@ruf.uni-freiburg.dbp.de> joerg.winckler@ruf.uni-freiburg.dbp.de writes:
>I try to install libg++.a version 1.36.2 on a Intel 386 system V Rel.3.2.
>The /usr/include/stdio.h defines _bufendtab as 'unsigned char*', while
>g++-include file stdio.h says the type is 'char*'. This causes some
>warnings about assinging signed char pointers to unsigned char pointers
>in File.cc and streambuf.cc. The result:
>The program 'Hello World' prints only 'Hld' and a newline.
>I tried to cast the pointers but this wasn't the solution.
>
>Does anybody know a workaround ??

OOPS! I goofed.  I should have said that I had a *similar* problem with
type mismatches.

I didn't have a problem of losing output though.  That is a horse of a
different color.

// rfg
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From: rfg@ics.uci.edu (Ron Guilmette)
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Subject: Re: stdio.h problems on i386-sysv
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