g_assertions
John Emmas
johne53@tiscali.co.uk
Mon Sep 22 11:55:00 GMT 2008
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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