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fix Mingw GCC C++ build errors PL_inf/PL_nan
Trying a USE_CPLUSPLUS=define build with dmake (USE_CPLUSPLUS not
implemented in GNUMakefile) causes the following error
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gcc -c -xc++ -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -s -O2 -fwrapv -
fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\globals.o ..
\globals.c
In file included from ..\globals.c:32:0:
..\perl.h:6754:50: error: too many initializers for 'U8 [8] {aka unsigned char [
8]}'
INFNAN_U8_NV_DECL PL_inf = { { LONGDBLINFBYTES } };
^
..\perl.h:6790:50: error: too many initializers for 'U8 [8] {aka unsigned char [
8]}'
INFNAN_U8_NV_DECL PL_nan = { { LONGDBLNANBYTES } };
^
dmake: Error code 129, while making 'mini\globals.o'
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in plain C mode builds, this error was just a warning and nobody paid
attention to it for a while
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gcc -c -I.\include -I. -I.. -DWIN32 -DPERLDLL -DPERL_CORE -s -O2 -fwrapv -fno-s
trict-aliasing -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB -DPERL_IS_MINIPERL -omini\globals.o ..\glob
als.c
In file included from ..\globals.c:32:0:
..\perl.h:5432:42: warning: excess elements in array initializer
#define INFNAN_U8_NV_DECL EXTCONST union { U8 u8[NVSIZE]; NV nv; }
^
..\perl.h:6754:1: note: in expansion of macro 'INFNAN_U8_NV_DECL'
INFNAN_U8_NV_DECL PL_inf = { { LONGDBLINFBYTES } };
^
..\perl.h:5432:42: warning: (near initialization for 'PL_inf.u8')
#define INFNAN_U8_NV_DECL EXTCONST union { U8 u8[NVSIZE]; NV nv; }
^
..\perl.h:6754:1: note: in expansion of macro 'INFNAN_U8_NV_DECL'
INFNAN_U8_NV_DECL PL_inf = { { LONGDBLINFBYTES } };
^
..\perl.h:5432:42: warning: excess elements in array initializer
#define INFNAN_U8_NV_DECL EXTCONST union { U8 u8[NVSIZE]; NV nv; }
^
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Now on VC C++ build, LONGDBLINFBYTES is 8 bytes, as defined in
LONGDBLINFBYTES macro in config_H.vc, and for VC, "long double" is always
typedefed by the CC to "double", so there was no warning, but on GCC,
"long double" is the 80 bit/10 byte type and in config_H.gc the 12 byte
version of INF is inside LONGDBLINFBYTES macro. Because LONG_DOUBLESIZE
define was previously "8" because of makefile logic regardless of CC,
# elif NVSIZE == LONG_DOUBLESIZE && defined(LONGDBLINFBYTES)
INFNAN_U8_NV_DECL PL_inf = { { LONGDBLINFBYTES } };
was being hit on GCC, even though NVSIZE is 8 as it should be, but
LONGDBLINFBYTES was 12. Hence the warning. I didnt research why this
warning on GCC didn't cause test failures. Perhaps full perl recomputes
the correct initializer in config_sh.PL and doesn't rely on what was in the
miniperl initializer for PL_inf.
To fix things, always emit the correct value for LONG_DOUBLESIZE and dont
hardcode it at 8 for miniperl. 8 must stay for all VCs, and 12/16 is for
GCC. Although GNUMakefile doesn't support a USE_CPLUSPLUS build option,
it has provisons to support it one day. To keep things in sync, copy
miniperl config.h append changes from makefile.mk to GNUMakefile. Also
collapse 2 shell cmd lines in "ifeq ($(USE_LONG_DOUBLE),define)" to reduce
number of proc launches of cmd.exe by the maketool (perf issue).
Next C++ build issue.
APItest.xs: In function 'void XS_XS__APItest__Backrefs_Comctl32Version(Perl
Interpreter*, CV*)':
APItest.xs:6806:37: error: cast from 'LPSTR {aka char*}' to 'WORD {aka shor
t unsigned int}' loses precision [-fpermissive]
MAKEINTRESOURCE(VS_FILE_INFO));
^
dmake: Error code 129, while making 'APItest.o'
VS_FILE_INFO is internally "RT_VERSION" which is MAKEINTRESOURCE(16). The
output type of MAKEINTRESOURCE is a char *. GCC complains about casting
that char * back down to a WORD (aka short). Put in a size_t used for
pointer arithimitic to silence the error. Another option is to
remove the outer MAKEINTRESOURCE in APItest.xs since RT_VERSION has
MAKEINTRESOURCE internally, but that assumes implementation details of
headers so pick the less dependency on header design option.