g_assertions

[John Emmas]

Here's a simple example that fails to compile:-

#include <glib.h>

void my_func ()
{
int x = 3;

    g_assert (x);
}


Can anyone reproduce this problem?  Or am I missing something obvious?

Thanks,

John





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Emmas"
Sent: 22 September 2008 10:08
Subject: g_assertions


> Hi - I hope this is an appropriate place to ask this question.  I'm just
> starting to use Cygwin.  Firstly, the Cygwin web site says that the
> current
> version is 1.5.25-15 but my install log says that it installed 2.573.2.3
> so
> I'm a bit confused about that.  Anyway, apart from that, the installation
> seemed to succeed and I've been using Cygwin, off & on, for a few weeks.
>
> I'm now starting to compile a project using glibmm.  Inside glib.h there
> are
> some assertions, defined something like this:-
>
> #define g_assert(expr)   G_STMT_START{  \
>     if (!(expr))      \
>       g_log (G_LOG_DOMAIN,     \
>       G_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR,    \
>       "file %s: line %d: assertion failed: (%s)", \
>       __FILE__,      \
>       __LINE__,      \
>       #expr);   }G_STMT_END
>
> These compile perfectly with my gcc compiler but when I try to use them
> with
> Cygwin I get this error:-
>
> error:  stray '\' in program
>
> It's pretty obvious why this is happening - but terminating a line with
> '\'
> is valid code.  Has anyone else experienced this problem?  I can eliminate
> it by #defining G_DISABLE_ASSERT - but then I'll lose the assertion
> checks, which I'd really like to keep.  Is there something else I could do
> to prevent this error?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>


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