Re: Name collision with 'nil'

Resolved this issue by changing #define nil 0 in local library code to
something else.

On 23 Apr, 18:32, a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> ACE+TAO-1.5a
> gcc3.4.4
> linux
>
> I'm trying to compile an app which pulls in some TAO code. However, I
> get lots of name collisions on methods called 'nil' in TAO, e.g. the
> following error is one of thousands just like it:
>
> <blah blah>/ACE_wrappers/TAO/tao/Objref_VarOut_T.cpp:12: error:
> expected unqualified-id before numeric constant
>
> Here's the code it refers to:
>
> 10:    template <typename T>
> 11:    TAO_Objref_Var_T<T>::TAO_Objref_Var_T (void)
> 12:       : ptr_ (TAO::Objref_Traits<T>::nil ())
> 13:    {
> 14:    }
>
> nil must be a #define'd constant somewhere or similar. Anybody know
> where this collision is coming from and how this may be worked around?
>
> Thanks,
> Adam