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Re: [Fwd: __attribute__ ((packed)) and enums not working]


--- Bruce Edge <bedge@sattel.com> wrote:
> Earnie Boyd wrote:
> > 
> > --- Bruce Edge <bedge@sattel.com> wrote:
> > > The packed attribute mechanism seems to work for structs, but not enums:
> > >
> > > struct x {   char c;     int i;  } __attribute__ ((packed));
> > > enum p { red, green, yellow } __attribute__ ((packed));
> > >
> > > pcl_op.h:144: semicolon missing after declaration of `p'
> > >
> > > Has anyone used this successfully?
> > >
> > 
> > I don't have a problem with this.  Perhaps your pcl_op.h file has \r\n line
> > endings and you have binary mounts.
> 
> It _is_ a DOS file, but if that were the case I think I would be seeing many
> other errors.
> 
> I did get it working, but I had to use the gcc option -fshort_enums, rather
> than the explicit type attribute modifier.
> 
> Is there a gcc bug in handling the __attribute__((packed)) when used in
> conjunction with an enum declaration?
> 

You'll need to provide the output of `cygcheck -s -r -v' pasted in a mail to
the list and not to me.  Also, the contents of /etc/setup/installed.db would be
appreciated.

As I said earlier, pasting your example into foo.c and gcc -c foo.c produced no
errors.

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com

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